Supporting Women: 21 Unique Gifts That Empower Females

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Holiday shopping is all about showing others how much you care. This year, make the gift twice as giving by choosing presents supporting women around the world.

To help, we’ve compiled a list of businesses that not only offer high-quality items but also help females with financial and emotional support, public awareness, and employment opportunities.

Do good — and shop good — by purchasing from the below list.

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Gifts That Support Women’s Causes

On that note, let’s dive into our list of female empowerment gifts, including:

cruelty-free and vegan Fungdation Mushroom Foundation from Axiology
Fungdation Mushroom Foundation. Photo via Axiology.

1. Axiology Makeup

Axiology is a women-owned brand redefining beauty with zero-waste, vegan, and cruelty-free products packaged in recycled materials.

Axiology also supports environmental initiatives like trash collection and recycling efforts in Bali, ensuring their business gives back to the planet while promoting ethical practices.

Additionally, they empower women by partnering with a Balinese women’s cooperative that transforms paper trash into beautiful packaging, providing stable work and fair wages while helping to reduce pollution on the island.

While you can’t go wrong with any of their products, one standout item is the new Fungdation Mushroom Foundation, a lightweight formula combining snow mushrooms for deep hydration and plumping with reishi mushrooms to enhance moisture retention. We love how it glides on smooth and doesn’t even feel like you’re wearing foundation.

Bonus: Code “EPICURE” gets you 20% off your Axiology purchase!

2. All Girls Shave Club

All Girls Shave Club is a women-owned brand that creates high-quality, innovative shaving products designed to make self-care a little more luxurious.

Beyond helping women feel more confident through their high-quality product line, the brand empowers women by supporting various women-focused nonprofits through donations and volunteer work, helping women in need gain access to resources and opportunities.

If you’re looking for the perfect gift, their subscription boxes are a great way to combine practical self-care with thoughtful indulgence. Each box is curated with premium razors, shaving essentials, and pampering extras that make shaving feel like a treat rather than a chore.

Topanga Bra from Girlfriend Collective
Topanga Bra from Girlfriend Collective

3. Sustainable Activewear from Girlfriend Collective

For women who love to workout or who simply love stylish athleisure, Girlfriend Collective sells sustainably made activewear.

Featuring everything from sports bras to sweatsuits and even dresses and outerwear, you can feel good about your athleticwear purchase—especially as garments are made in an ethical factory that guarantees fair wages, a safe workplace, and free catered meals to workers.

Additionally, their super soft pieces come in sizes XXS-6XL and are crafted from recycled water bottles and fishing nets and colored with eco-friendly dyes.

As they’re passionate about helping the planet, they also have a takeback program that helps keep their items out of the landfill.

Their team also regularly gives back to the community, whether it’s through beach cleanups, planting trees, spotlighting inspiring women combatting climate change, or donating to charity.

If you’re not sure where to start with your shopping experience, check out their Best Sellers page.

We personally love the Topanga Halter Bra, which features a high halter neck and adjustable criss-cross back straps. It’s perfect for low-impact workouts and is also cute enough to wear out as a crop top!

women from the Wakami women’s empowerment artisan group in Guatemala crafting beautiful bracelets
Wakami women’s empowerment artisan group in Guatemala crafting beautiful bracelets. Photo via NOVICA.

4. NOVICA Artisan-Made Gifts

Once upon a time, you needed to go abroad to find unique handmade goods from your favorite destinations.

Not anymore.

With NOVICA, you can purchase clothing, accessories, housewares, and art from female (and male) artisans from around the world.

We’re particularly obsessed with these beautiful handmade bracelets (shown above), these sparkly teardrop earrings, and this hand-carved wood tree jewelry stand.

able wallets
Empower women with your purchase. Photo via ABLE.

5. ABLE Apparel, Accessories & Jewelry

At ABLE, 96% of the employees are women, and training, educating, and investing in women is at the core of this ethical fashion brand. 

Moreover, they make their wages publicly available to be transparent and show the public the ethics of their company. 

While their whole shop is dreamy, we’re particularly in love with the Sustainable Collection featuring pieces that allow you to support women and the planet at the same time.

6. Paneros Clothing

Paneros Clothing is a women-owned fashion brand offering sustainably-made pieces handcrafted by skilled women artisans in Bali. These artisans use traditional Balinese techniques like hand crochet, hand beading, and Kerawang embroidery to create stunning, one-of-a-kind garments.

Paneros provides fair wages and safe working conditions, empowering these artisans through ethical employment.

Dedicated to slow fashion, the brand uses eco-friendly fabrics and low-waste production methods, creating clothing that is as kind to the planet as it is beautiful. Purchasing their garments as a gift not only supports these talented women but also helps combat the harmful effects of fast fashion.

Photo via Cotopaxi

7. Cotopaxi “Del Dia Collection” Backpack 

Cotopaxi is one of our favorite sustainable travel companies.

Not only do they make high-quality adventure gear, but their products are focused on putting good back into the world.

In fact, they help fund health, livelihood, and education projects — including working with organizations like Educate Girls in India that improve the quality of girls’ education.

Their Del Dia Collection is of particular note, as the colorful backpacks, duffle bags, and fanny packs are produced from recycled durable nylon fabric leftover by larger companies.

Bonus:

The Del Dia BATAC 16L is one of the most high-quality yet affordable hiking backpacks on the market!

8. Conscious Step Socks

Conscious Step creates stylish, sustainable socks that do more than keep your feet cozy—they support causes that make a difference.

For every pair sold, Conscious Step donates to nonprofit organizations aligned with various impactful missions, including empowering women through education and advocacy. Their Socks that Empower Women directly benefit programs focused on advancing women’s rights and opportunities worldwide.

Crafted from organic cotton in fair-trade-certified factories, their socks are as ethical as they are comfortable.

Bling Brush from Baublerella
Bling Brush via Baublerella

9. Bling Brush from Baublerella

This natural on-the-go jewelry cleaner can polish up real or faux gemstones or fashion jewelry to give your accessories.

What also makes Baublerella shine is that the brand supports Rae’s Hope, by donating a portion of its profits to this Dallas-based nonprofit.

Rae’s Hope works to inspire young at-risk girls in holding weekly programs on healthy living, physical fitness and education while also serving as role models to them.

Gifts that empower women include Modibodi Period-Proof Underwear
Photo via Modibodi

10. Modibodi Period-Proof Underwear

Whether you’re looking for a sustainable alternative to tampons and pads or just want a more convenient solution to dealing with periods and incontinence, Modibodi has you covered.

What makes Mobdibodi different from competitors is that they utilize their own patented Modifier Technology™.

And it works! In fact, these garments can absorb up to four tampons worth of liquid.

The garments — which are made from a breathable bamboo and microfiber blend — also feature Modifier Air Technology™, which helps to keep you feeling dry and combats odor.

While this in itself empowers women, Modibodi takes this a step further by putting a portion of each purchase toward providing a pair to a woman who needs it. To date, they’ve donated over 23,000 pairs!

Alana Athletica is a brand that helps empower women
Photo via Alana Athletica, a brand that helps empower women.

11. Alana Athletica Garments

#MoveWithImpact. That’s the hashtag of Alana Athletica, a company selling premium athleticwear at inclusive prices.

The brand is dedicated to helping women in Sri Lanka who have survived abuse. 

To date, they’ve positively impacted over 2,000 women through private tutoring, self-defense training, and new job opportunities. 

Your purchase truly has power. For instance, buying their uber-comfortable Dash Side Pocket Leggings helps seven women learn self-defense.

The leggings offer incredible quality, too, with non-pilling moisture-wicking material that keeps you temperate and dry and eliminates odors. 

On top of that, they have pockets to store your valuables. 

These are a must-have essential for your next hike or yoga class! 

12. The Bidi Bidi Scarf from Obakki Foundation 

This scarf is decorated with drawings created by women at Bidi Bidi, a refugee settlement in Uganda, with the patterns reflecting their past and present experiences and future dreams.

The scarf is available for purchase through the Obakki Foundation, which carries out mission-centered projects in South Sudan such as drilling water wells and aiding refugees at Bidi Bidi.

All net proceeds from its sale go toward helping women rebuild their lives through the funding of their own business initiatives.

rainbow project
Photo via Women’s Bean Project

13. Three Popcorn Gift Bundle Kit from Women’s Bean Project 

A social enterprise, Women’s Bean Project hires women with histories of incarceration and puts them to work manufacturing gourmet food items.

This business packages and sells bean soup mixes, baking mixes, and other dry food products to stores across the U.S. and online.

The goal is to train women to become great workers so they have the experience necessary to find careers with other employers.

14. Batik Gift Sets from Shea Yeleen International

Shea Yeleen International specializes in manufacturing high-quality, organic, fair-trade skincare products and utilizing a sales strategy that incorporates women’s’ microenterprise development.

Shea Yeleen puts out two Batik Gift Sets, containing a cosmetics bag made by A Bag Against Neglect, a 3.4-ounce Lavender Shea Butter Body Cream, and a Honey Lip Balm.

15. Pink Breast Cancer Dual-Sided Necklace from One Tough B 

Founded by breast cancer patient Shelly Fisher, this brand provides a mantra for all women going through breast cancer treatment, medical issues or personal challenges through a variety of products.

Among them, this pink breast cancer dual-sided necklace provides inspiration for recipients who support causes relating to breast cancer, are facing their own battle with the disease or just love the color pink.

One Tough B also donates sales proceeds to Give Her Camp, an organization hosting retreats for women focusing on subjects extending to health/wellness, happiness, and spirituality.

16. Kantha Throws from Dignify

These handmade kantha throws not only add vibrant color to any room but also provide sustainable, dignified employment for Bangladesh women who are survivors — or at risk — of sexual exploitation.

Dignify obtains their textile products from Basha Boutique, a business based in the Mirpur district of Dhaka.

Basha employs vulnerable and at-risk women in meaningful work. On dignify’s website, a recipient of a kantha throw can click on a link that lists the name of their specific item and tells the story of the Basha artisan who made it.

You can even send her a thank you note or message.

gifts that empower women
Photo via Flora1761

17. Nail Polish from Flora1761

A line of nail polishes inspired by the historical elegance of flowers, Flora1761 is a woman-owned beauty brand that gives a portion of proceeds from each polish to Dress for Success.

The worldwide non-profit organization focuses on supporting women to achieve economic independence by providing a support network and business attire.

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18. Story Plate Recipes

Is there any gift better than food?

Story Plate is a female-first recipe sharing platform that highlights female chefs, restaurateurs, and mixologists.

With each recipe download, Story Plate makes a donation to the Culinary Contributor’s charity of choice.

For instance, when you download a recipe for Artichokes a la Romana you’re supporting Equinox Restaurant in Washington DC while also helping to save gorillas from extinction through the Dian Fossey Gorilla Foundation — which, by the way, just happens to be led by two female scientists.

Learn more about this conscious recipe sharing platform that supports women here, and consider gifting a few downloads to someone you’d love to share a meal with.

19. Women-Only Expeditions by Intrepid Travel

Intrepid Travel has been a key player in the sustainable tourism sector for a while. In fact, they are the world’s largest travel B-Corp — a hard-to-achieve certification given to only the most ethical and sustainable businesses. 

For the female traveler in your life, consider booking them a spot on one of Intrepid’s Women-Only Expeditions. 

These expeditions are part of the company’s mission to advance gender equality. The tours focus on breaking down barriers, promoting deep discussion, employing women, and immersing female travelers in local experiences that would typically not be possible in a mixed-gender group. 

20. Kalamkari Blooms Napkins from Ten Thousand Villages

This global maker-to-market movement supports women and connects artisans in developing countries with conscious shoppers in the U.S.

They offer ethically sourced gifts, homewares and fashion accessories crafted by hand — so that givers can purchase something meaningful.

For starters, these Kalamari Blooms Napkins are block printed by hand using an ancient technique by makers working with Asha Handicrafts, which works with more than 50 producer groups and more than 1,200 makers across India.

21. Brave Bracelet from The Brave Collection

Women are resilient and courageous, and Brave Bracelets — which are handmade by fair trade artisans in Cambodia — are a reminder of that.

Each bracelet features the word “Klahan,” meaning “Brave” in Khmer, the language of Cambodia.

By purchasing a Brave Bracelet, you’re not only helping to provide sustainable employment to women in Cambodia, but 10% of the profits go toward fighting human trafficking and empowering women and girls around the world through education and healthcare.

Do you know of any other companies supporting women around the world?

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Jessie Festa

Jessica Festa is the editor of Epicure & Culture as well as Jessie on a Journey. She enjoys getting lost in new cities and having experiences you don’t read about in guidebooks. Some of her favorite travel experiences have been teaching English in Thailand, trekking her way through South America, backpacking Europe solo, road tripping through Australia, agritouring through Tuscany, and volunteering in Ghana.

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