Business and enterprise should support gender justice and womenampamp39s rights but the reality is most women worldwide barely earn enough for survival. Why are women producers more likely than men to live handtomouth trapped in the least profitable and powerful parts of the economy And what strategies ampampndash by development organisations the business sector governments and womenampamp39s movements ampampndash can help change this Contributions from feminist activists development researchers and workers here focus on collective forms of enterprise to maximise cooperation between poor women entrepreneurs women workersampamp39 rights and corporate accountability gender and Fair Trade and womenampamp39s economic empowerment.