Motif, Bangladesh

Motif in Bangladesh works with a number of small family owned businesses as well as disadvantaged women artisans. Motif looks to employ women experiencing discrimination for reasons more than poverty: some are former prostitutes; others have been affected by leprosy; some may have been divorced or abandoned - each situation scars women with a stigma that reduces their chance of decent employment. Employment at Motif daily provides a ‘safe place’ where they can share with other women and be earning at the same time.

Our accessories and stationery items are made from different recycled materials such as cement bags and crisp packets. Traditional techniques are kept alive in hand-weaving, hand-loom weaving and basket weaving.