A 'Trade' For the Better

A 'Trade' For the Better

You know the commercials you see on TV of the starving child, the orphan with the disfigured lip, the incurable disease? The ones with the sad music that end of making you feel like you want to cry? 

Of course these matters are of extreme importance as well. But one thing that seems to receive a lack of media exposure, is one thing that not only occurs abroad. It happens right here at home, in the United States as well.

 Physical violence is at an all time high, and some women don't even get a chance to make it out alive. And in cases that they do, they suffer long-term, if not permanent damage. Physically through nerve damage, brain damage, dental issues, headaches, the list go on and on. Mentally though, the results vary from mild depression and anxiety to trust issues and feelings of incompetence. In the United States, a woman is battered every 15 seconds. In India, 40 percent of adult women reported physical assaults by a male partner. In Sweden, one of every six murders is committed by a man murdering his partner. In Nicaragua, nearly thirty percent of women reported partner abuse.In South Africa, one women is killed approximately every six days by her male partner. (People Opposing Women Abuse) 38 percent of Korean women reported battering by their spouse in the past year.In places such as Mexico, Brazil, and Kenya though, 6 in 10 women are abused in their lifetime.

But then came The Trade. The Trade is a charity that teaches 'The Trade' of hairstyling to victims of human trafficking, domestic abuse, and poverty who have been put in protection from their abusers. Why bake a man a loaf of bread, when you can teach him how to make it? The idea is to give these victims a skill to not only help them earn a living, but give them pride. Empowering them.

So how can you help The Trade? If you attend an appointment with a participating salon or stylist on September 16th, all the proceeds will go to The Trade. No depressing slide show over "I Will Remember You" or some other slow, sad song asking you to send money. How's that for a "Help The Cause" pitch? 

It's not like you didn't need an excuse to get a cute new 'do for fall anyways. Get your hair cut- do a good deed. Now that's a Fashion Do in my book :)

Support The Trade <---- List of the 100+ participating locations and stylists. <3