Last night The Body Shop® and special guest Tamara Mellon, OBE hosted an exclusive preview of The Body Shop® Stop Sex Trafficking of Children and Young People Petition Exhibition soon to be unveiled at the UN Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland and the new Limited Edition Celebrity STOP Bag designed by Tamara Mellon featuring handprints from high profile celebrities including actress Nicole Kidman, Actress Mira Sorvino, DJ Mark Ronson, Chef Jamie Oliver, CNN Host, Piers Morgan and Absolutely Fabulous star and activist, Joanna Lumley.
The STOP bag is printed with full colour, signed handprints on a raw, 100% community fair trade cotton fabric and feature a fuschia trim and shoulder strap, so you can shop with a splash of colour – and the knowledge that you are contributing to a worthy cause – this autumn/winter.
Retailing at £4.00 RRP, profits from the sale of The STOP bag will be used to combat and raise awareness of sex trafficking of children and young people.
Tamara Mellon OBE, says: “I am thrilled to have worked with The Body Shop to design The STOP bag and raise awareness of the SST campaign. I feel very strongly about prohibiting sex trafficking and knowing that the profits will help to end this modern day slavery and safeguard children makes the project even more worthwhile.”
The Stop Sex Trafficking campaign is the largest in The Body Shop 35 year history and has recently made EU history by being the largest human rights petition ever presented to the European Commission. Former US president Bill Clinton has cited the SST campaign as “an exemplary approach to addressing a specific global challenge”.
I wanted to mention this as I will be trying to pick one up on my next day off to support this fabulous charity x