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Susan Hull Walker, the founder of IBU, created this enterprise in 2013. She envisioned a global enterprise where women would be able to sell their goods to other women all over the world.

“If you are living in rural Africa and no one in your village can afford to buy what you have made, you have no way to continue making it,” she says. “So my goal was to expand the market for these women to get their products from the small rural villages to the U.S., to Europe and to those places where [other] women could appreciate their work.”

Highlights include:

Empowering Women through Fashion and Textiles

Meet Susan Hull Walker

The True Cost of Clothing

Do you know how much it’s worth?

Breaking News: The Bangladesh Accord

Protecting garment and textile workers worldwide

Sustainable Bridal Fashions

Sophie et Voila couture