Freeset
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Freeset is a fair trade business offering employment to approximately 160 women trapped in Kolkata's sex trade. Founded by Kerry and Annie Hilton in 2001, Freeset offers women of the Sonagichi red-light district of Kolkata the opportunity leave a profession they never chose, with some of the women working there being as young as thirteen.
Making jute and cotton bags as well as cotton shirts, the women of Freeset are empowered to choose a life free of prostitution. All profits are used exclusively for the benefit of the women.
Freeset also has a handful of men working there, as well.
Making jute and cotton bags as well as cotton shirts, the women of Freeset are empowered to choose a life free of prostitution. All profits are used exclusively for the benefit of the women.
Freeset also has a handful of men working there, as well.