We're donating 50% of each sale of this specially curated collection directly to Girls Empowerment Network!

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Austin customers can help alleviate shipping costs by picking up their orders directly from Girls Empowerment Network - we'll send local Austin customers a follow up email with the pick up details for early April after everyone has placed their orders.

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Style meets Advocacy

  • Support long term, living wage jobs for artisans in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by purchasing a handcrafted handbag that will last you for years & years to come.

  • 50% of each sale will be donated to support the good work being done through Girls Empowerment Network as they ignite the power in girls by teaching them the skills to thrive & believe in their ability to be unstoppable. 

  • Purse & Clutch is a woman owned business that extends beyond creating beautiful products - we're passionate about fostering connections that amplify impact.

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    Whether partnering with non-profit fundraising efforts or leading immersive trips to Ethiopia to deepen customer engagement with artisan communities, our focus is always on impact & storytelling.

Advocate in Style

GEN Convertible Midsized Handbag, Caramel

GEN Convertible Midsized Handbag, Caramel

GEN Convertible Midsized Handbag, Caramel

$169.00
$169.00
GEN Bucket Bag, Black

GEN Bucket Bag, Black

GEN Bucket Bag, Black

$144.00
$144.00
GEN Sling Bag, Caramel

GEN Sling Bag, Caramel

GEN Sling Bag, Caramel

$129.00
$129.00

Girls Empowerment Network, a 501(c)(3), was created in 1996 by twelve concerned mothers raising adolescent girls in Austin, Texas. These mothers met to address an increasing trend among middle school aged girls – a systematic decline and sometimes permanent loss of self-esteem, the outcome of which can be devastating: epidemic levels of anorexia/bulimia, self-mutilation, depression, low academic achievement, teen pregnancy, and drug abuse.

Twenty-nine years later, they help girls 3rd-12th grades discover they are powerful across Central Texas, Houston, and Dallas by teaching self-efficacy, which is a girl’s belief in her ability to succeed. Whether she is shooting for an A, overcoming a bully, becoming the first in her family to go to college, breaking up with an abusive partner, or just trying to take care of herself when she feels like no one else will – when a girl experiences our self-efficacy curriculum, she realizes she can do it and she becomes powerful.  

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