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2010 2009 2008- Six New U.S. and International Rug Companies Earn GoodWeave’s Child-Labor-Free Label
Washington, DC - Six rug companies recently joined the GoodWeave certification program, which works to end illegal child labor in the carpet industry and to offer educational opportunities to children in South Asia. With the addition of Diane Paparo Studio, I + I srl, Inigo Elizalde Rugs, The Miller Davis Group, Modern Fever, and Tania Johnson Design, GoodWeave now licenses 75 North American companies to import rugs bearing the GoodWeave label.
- 08/30/2010
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- Global Fund for Children and GoodWeave Launch Partnership to Combat Child Labor in India
Washington, DC – The Global Fund for Children (GFC) and GoodWeave have launched a strategic partnership aimed to combat exploitative child labor practices in India’s handmade carpet industry. The partnership will focus on strengthening community-based groups working on this issue in Uttar Pradesh, a province in India’s northern carpet belt.
- 08/04/2010
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- Interior Resources Joins GoodWeave
Dallas-based Interior Resources has joined the GoodWeave certification program, which works to end illegal child labor in the carpet industry and to offer educational opportunities to children in South Asia.
- 07/22/2010
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- GoodWeave Announces Ninth Annual Rug Raffle
GoodWeave USA has just launched its ninth annual rug raffle, offering entrants, for as little as $25, the chance to win a luxurious handmade rug, designed and donated by Sydney, Australia-based Cadrys Handmade Rug Specialists and certified child-labor-free by GoodWeave. 100% of proceeds support GoodWeave’s work to end illegal child labor in the carpet industry and to offer educational opportunities to children in South Asia.
- 07/09/2010
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- The Emancipation Network Partners with GoodWeave, Offering Child-Labor-Free Rugs Woven by Survivors of Slavery
Washington, DC - The Emancipation Network (TEN) has joined GoodWeave’s child-labor-free rug certification. TEN, a nonprofit based in St. Augustine, Florida, works with 18 anti-trafficking shelters in nine countries to help survivors of slavery by supporting their business development and marketing their crafts. TEN’s new line of hand knotted Tibetan rugs are designed and woven by young women at a shelter home in Kathmandu.
- 06/18/2010
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