Kate Spade & Company: Empowering Women in Developing Economies

Kate Spade & Company recruited 150 talented female artisans in Masoro, Rwanda in 2013 and helped them to create a worker-owned, for-profit social enterprise that acts as a supplier for Kate Spade & Company’s brands. Georgetown University studied this innovative supply chain model to determine its impact on the Rwandan women and their communities. This is what we found.