LED BY WOMEN

Strength in Numbers

Women-led brands represent the largest category of makers on the PBP platform. Here, we calculate the unyielding reach and impact of these amazing brands.

Itza Wood

Siafu

Matamba Artesanal

238
Number of makers in the Powered by People community.

82%
Percentage of those brands that are women-led*, totaling 189.

*PBP considers brands to be women-led if they have women founders or are run by women in senior-management positions.

34
Countries represented by these women-led makers.

Ghana, Eswatini, India, Colombia, Zambia, Kenya, Guatemala, USA, Zimbabwe, Mexico, Ivory Coast, Tanzania, Portugal, Sudan, Turkey, Peru, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Canada, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Morocco, El Salvador, Nepal, Haiti, Chile, Sweden, Belgium, Brazil, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Rwanda, Madagascar.

Lulu Kitololo Studio

2000+
Approximate number of female artisans to which these makers provide sustainable employment.

10,000+
Family members who benefit from the jobs created by these women-led brands.

x3
As PBP continues to actively expand its community of makers and buyers, we expect to carry three times the number of women-led brands by next March. They, in turn, would employ more than 6,000 female artisans, while supporting more than 30,000 family members.