Abrima Erwiah has more than 16 years of fashion and luxury experience. She is a former global marketing and communications executive for Bottega Veneta, a luxury-goods company under Kering (former Gucci Group/PPR) Group where she stayed for nearly a decade. She has additionally held positions for Hermes/John Lobb, Bureau Betak and Cesare. Paciotti. In 2012, she was appointed a Marketing & Communications Executive Mentor by the Kering Foundation for Women's Dignity & Rights, to an organization based in Uganda called AFRIpads that makes affordable, washable sanitary napkins to help curb school absenteeism for girls skipping school when they have their period mostly in rural areas. Her interest in social and economic development has brought her to Africa. Based out of Ghana, West Africa, Erwiah is also working in partnership with the United Nations International Trade Center Ethical The Ethical Fashion Initiative is a flagship programme of the International Trade Centre, a joint agency of the United Nations and the World Trade Organization. The Ethical Fashion Initiative links the world’s top fashion talents to marginalised artisans - the majority of them women - in East and West Africa, Haiti and the West Bank. Active since 2009, the Initiative enables artisans living in urban and rural poverty to connect with the global fashion chain. Erwiah is currently co-founder and co-creative director of a social enterprise called Studio One Eighty Nine that she co-founded with actress and activist, Rosario Dawson, which is focused on achieving social impact as it relates to education, economic/employment opportunities, and empowerment. With the mission of using fashion as an agent for social change, Studio One Eighty Nine seeks to provide a platform to help promote and curate African and African-inspired content through various projects such as media and cultural events and projects.
