EeM (Ethical e-Marketplace)

Team Leader

Magaly Roiz

Solution Overview

Solution Name:

One-line solution summary:

Build an ethical online ecommerce platform to sell rural women artisan-made.

Pitch your solution.

Women who suffer from gender inequality, especially in rural areas, leads to self-confidence, violence, poverty. (globally about 5M, 68% MORE WOMEN are struggling with poverty than their male counterparts, according to the Clinton Foundation via UN in 2019).

Empowering women, gaining financial independence, through selling their products in an online marketplace, it can be locally or/and globally. EeM will provide the platform, training and guidance to sell their products there. Link women producers (developing countries) with women sellers in USA, Canada, Australia, Europe (stay-at-home moms).

1 million artisans are in Guatemala, out of them 70% are women, according to Agexport, 2013. Globally,

It is estimated that in this region of just over 640 million people, 48 percent of the rural population is female, amounting to 60.5 million women. (IPS 2018)

What specific problem are you solving?

Reducing the gap of gender inequality, especially in rural areas. Through empowering rural women, helping them to sell their products and coaching to re-design them to a more trend market.

What is your solution?

Create an Ethical online ecommerce platform. Which connect the rural artisan handmade products with the global market. Assisting them re-design their product towards the latest trend, linking a network of stay-at-home moms in developed countries to do the sales and logistics.

Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?

I born and grew up in Guatemala. My friend in Guatemala will assist and look after the group of rural women art work in a location called Solola.

Meanwhile I will be doing the sales through our own website, etsy and specialist shops, targeting North America sales.

Which dimension of the Challenge does your solution most closely address?

Enable small and new businesses, especially in untapped communities, to prosper and create good jobs through access to capital, networks, and technology

In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?

Guatemala City, Guatemala

What is your solution’s stage of development?

Concept: An idea being explored for its feasibility to build a product, service, or business model based on that idea

Who is the primary delegate for your solution?

Magaly Roiz