Women and Fairtrade

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© Fairtrade 2011

MONITORING THE SCOPE AND BENEFITS

OF FAIRTRADE

THIRD EDITION, 2011

Women and Fairtrade

Women make up 27% of all farmers and workers involved in Fairtrade overall.

Mary Kanatiah packs bananas at Volta River Estates in GhanaPhoto by Nathalie Bertrams

In percentage terms, women are most involved in tea production in Fairtrade making up almost 50% of the workforce in tea. Around 80,000 are registered as tea farmer members or work on tea plantations.

Irene Kijara, has three children, is ateacher by profession, and is a successful local businesswoman. She manages two tea farms and is a shareholder in the Mabale Growers Tea Factory in Uganda.Photo by Simon Rawles

Almost 25% of all Fairtrade coffee farming members of small producer organizations –almost 100,000 farmers – are women.

Selena Obregon from Fairtrade cooperative CECOCAFEN harvests coffee in Nicaragua Photo by Marvin del Cid

Producers of nuts andoilseeds have thehighest percentage offemale farmers at 39%.

Amoloho Aseraboya has been a member of the Akoma Shea Butter Cooperative in Ghana since 2009Photo by Nathalie Bertrams

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All information contained in this presentation and more can be found in the full report, “Monitoring the Scope and Benefits of Fairtrade” (PDF) at www.fairtrade.net.