Guest post by James Edwin Bettney.
In Nepalese culture, widows are discriminated against, often being branded witches or whores. Their society believes it is their immoral actions in a previous life that form the defining reasons behind the deaths of their husbands. They have, therefore, been ostracized for generations, losing their status in both the home and society. Forsaken even by their own families, they struggle to find enough work to feed their children and put a roof over their heads.
Below is an introduction to the Takuro documentary, telling the story of these outcast women.
Ocean Of Sorrows from Takuro. on Vimeo.
We believe that for too long, large corporate fashion houses and brands have exploited cheap labour in order to manufacture products at unsustainable prices. This trend has to stop and a new age of ethical fashion has to take its place.
Our ethos at Takuro is to work with outcast widows in Nepal, who have suffered generations of discrimination. With the help of the cha…