Post by jannatjahan3333 on Mar 12, 2024 2:23:15 GMT -5
It's not 8M anymore. We must continue to be aware of the changes we still have to make to live in a feminist world, in a feminist jewelry sector. After talking, praising and honoring the women around us, and the figure of women in general... And purple washing by some shops and companies to sell purple things full of feminine symbols only with the aim of selling more without no mission, donation or support for the feminist cause.
It is time to become aware of the real situation and what we need to change among all of us. Juia Jewels artisan jewelry workshopIt has been Ukraine Mobile Number List difficult for me, on more than one or two occasions, to assert my voice before a supplier. For years I have been visiting different suppliers such as nailing workshops, lapidaries where I buy gems, foundries, engravers... Workshops that are 90%, if not more, men. And usually older men with many years of work.
Jeweler, gemologist and enameller at Juia Jewels I am a young woman (Júlia writes here), and of short stature, soft voice, small hands... which usually contrasts greatly with the physical appearance of the men in the workshops I must visit. Sometimes, after paternalistic or challenging looks that scream that this is not my place, I have had to demonstrate that I have studied to dedicate myself to this, that I know what I am talking about.
Even give more explanations with technical knowledge to stop mansplaining situations. These situations are practically history. Maybe because those looks no longer affect me, or because there are many women jewelers who are in charge of all the technical processes and visit many of these workshops, which means we have gained the ability to occupy those spaces without so many prejudices. We are rebels, nonconformists and we want to continue learning to continue changing everything in our hands to evolve towards a feminist, sustainable and free world.
It is also true that in these places I am the customer. And if I do not agree with the treatment I receive, I decide not to return and look for another professional workshop that offers me the same service with correct treatment. But I am very aware that I am privileged. I am a white, European woman, and an entrepreneur because I want to build my own business. Jewelry begins at the origin of the materials and their obtaining.
Precious gems, tourmalinated quartz handmade jewelryI'm talking about metals, gems... Raw materials that are extracted from nature, and are not usually close to our workshop in Barcelona. We may think that blood diamonds are already a thing of the past, that with the famous Kimberley treaty those things no longer happen... I invite you to watch this mini report in which people who work in diamond mines tell their reality.
If you watch this video you can deduce that the situation is serious, that we must ensure the clean and fair origin of the materials with which our jewelry is made. It is easy to deduce, although much less to find evidence, that there is also abuse of power towards women, who often continue to have to work at lower salaries just because they are women. They continue to have to take care of their family's care tasks as the sole responsibility, as well as unpaid household work.
If you can get a small image of the precarious situations in which they can live, you will also quickly detect that they are much more unprotected against abuses of power and harassment. Juia Jewels Fairmined LicenseesMany times we have talked about the importance of protecting the environment, the good quality and environmental responsibility of Faimined gold , but we must not forget that all of this passes through the hands of people, who must be valued, cared for and respected equally, whatever it may be. their gender, their skin color, language or level of education.