Giving Compass' Take:

• Georgia Graham reports that the Kering Foundation has spent a decade combating issues affecting women and their safety — but is now redoubling its efforts.

• From breaking the silence around female genital mutilation to addressing the root causes of domestic violence, what can other organizations learn from Kering's example?

• Learn how to help domestic violence victims find a way out.

It’s easy to be cynical about the relationship between fashion and activism. While fashion can serve as a powerful communicator, these days it’s often hard to tell where marketing gimmicks end and tangible social change begins. It’s not all smoke and mirrors, though. For the past ten years, luxury conglomerate Kering has been steadfastly building the charitable side of their organization, the Kering Foundation — a philanthropic enterprise which aims to end violence against women.

Founded in 2008, the Foundation’s mission was inspired by conversations between Kering’s CEO, François-Henri Pinault and his wife, Salma Hayek, a key figure in the #MeToo movement. After Hayek revealed to her husband the shocking statistics surrounding violence against women, he decided to focus the Foundation’s work on combatting issues affecting women and their safety, particularly domestic violence, which currently affects one in four women in the UK alone. This week, it celebrates its tenth anniversary — which was marked with an event in which Pinault and the Foundation's president Céline Bonnaire gave a talk on their work so far.

Read the full article about Kering's commitment to ending violence against women by Georgia Graham at Dazed & Confused Magazine.