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How the Women’s School of Leadership transformed Diakete Salimata’s life
Diakete Salimata aged 49 is a member of the SCAANIAS cocoa co-operative and based in a small village near the…
Covid: no ‘great leveller’ when it comes to women workers’ rights
If we truly want to build back fairer, then businesses, civil society and governments must put women’s rights squarely at the centre of post-pandemic recovery plans.
Meet Fairtrade cocoa producer Yao Amenan Yvonne
As the cocoa harvest gets fully underway in Côte D’Ivoire we hear from Fairtrade cocoa producer Mme Yao about her…
It’s a small world when it comes to gender inequality
All over the world families have found a major side effect of the pandemic has been the increasing difficulty of finding nursery care for younger children, and widespread school closures.
Six ways Fairtrade is empowering women
At Fairtrade, we continue to promote gender equality in sectors that have long been male dominated. In celebration of International Women’s Day, here are six ways Fairtrade is pressing for progress and empowering women: