Demand Slave Free Products

The JPIC Commission and JPIC Economic Justice Working Group call on their fellow religious, members of the USG/UISG in Rome, to consider the purchase of some Fairtrade products during Lent 2009 as a concrete expression of solidarity. Through this short booklet the Commission and the Economic Justice Working Group wishes to inform generalates in Rome about the Fairtrade movement, give some examples of what religious are doing and provide contact information on some Fairtrade outlets in Rome.

  - Empowering the Poor in the Developing and Least Developed World
    Lenten Flyer (.pdf 116KB)
  - Empowering the Poor in the Developing World booklet (individual pages)
    (.pdf 861KB)
  - Empowering the Poor in the Developing World booklet (2 pages per page)
    (.pdf 910KB)
  - Be a Fairtrade pilgrim to Eternal City this Lent - more details..

Various resources to slave free products:

  - Fair Trade Catalogue (.pdf 2.79MB)
  - Fair trade sources in Brisbane (.pdf 155KB)
  - St Columban's Mission Society
  - Community Projects Worldwide
  - The Department of Labor's List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or
    Forced Labor (.pdf 4.37MB)
  - Fairtrade Mark Ireland: Kavokiva Cocoa Co-operatives, Cote D'Ivoire

Relevant material:

FairWear Australia:
Stopping exploitation of sweatshops & homeworkers (July 2010 Newsletter)

World Pulse:
Unraveling Women’s Fair Trade
Selling beautiful crafts to support the artisans who create them makes everyone feel good. But are these businesses truly sustainable?
(28 Oct 2009)

PREDA Foundation, Inc.:
Fair-Trade Can Change an Unjust
Trading System