Empower Women Through Fashion and Design
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Skills Needed
Consultant
Provides information, makes recommendations, and assists with the implementation of solutions.
Outcomes
This project will be considered a success if by the end of the project the Experteer has
- Designed 5 new products.
- Recommended improvements for existing products.
- Helped us better understand what our customers are looking for and how to improve our design process.
Language Proficiencies
Estimated Workload
Part Time (2-15 hours a week)
When Can You Start?
As soon as posible
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Project Details
Description
We aim to train women from low-income backgrounds to sew hand-made gifts and fashion accessories made from a traditional Malaysian fabric called batik. While we take enormous pride in the high-quality hand-made fashion, gifts and home goods that their artisans create, people matter most. We believe women deserve a fair and sustainable income, and the ability to provide for themselves and their families. Today we employ more than 50 artisans, giving them skills training and sustainable, accessible income opportunities and helping meet other community needs.
We are looking for an Experteer to:
- Design new products and help improve existing products while incorporating eco-friendly dyed fabric.
- Help us create new and hot product offerings for the gifts and/or fashion industry.
- Help us get better at product design, so we can learn to innovate better in the future. We want to improve and broaden our products so we can increase demand, thereby giving more women sustainable income in the low-income housing areas.
Dates are flexible.
IMPORTANT NOTE
Kering Employees - This opportunity is sponsored by the Kering Foundation for a duration of 2 weeks
Non-Kering Employees - This opportunity is available for a duration of 2 months minimum. A RM1000 monthly stipend will be provided.
Benefits Overview
Meals
Living Stipend
Accommodation
Learning Opportunity
- Experience in the daily operations of a growing social enterprise
- Participate in having a practical impact on a community through running a business
- Continue to develop skills in your field and any others you are interested in
- Gain real-world, cross-cultural business and life experiences that will last a lifetime
Organization Details
About Batik Boutique
Batik Boutique is a For-profit with social mission working on Design, Fashion, Textiles.
View organizationSustainable Development Goals
Batik Boutique is making process on the following SDGs: