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International Development Week 2013
| Status: | Archived |
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| Name of event: | Making the Invisible Count - Gender Equity in a Fair Trade Coffee Co-operative in Nicaragua |
| Brief Description of Event: | In the global coffee industry, small-scale farmers provide the bulk of the productive labour yet receive the smallest portion of the profits. Fair Trade co-operatives aim to support and strengthen farmer communities, valuing their labour and products more fairly while promoting democratic and equitable societies. Although evidence shows that Fair Trade co-ops are improving the livelihoods of small-scale farmers, women have been largely absent from these discussions. This seminar examines gender equity in PROCOCER, a Fair Trade coffee co-operative in Nicaragua. Interviews with women producers, co-op leaders, and gender specialists suggest that the co-op has a role in promoting gender equity not only at the organizational level, but in the member families as well. The study resulted in the development of a series of indicators — evaluation tools that support PROCOCER’s endeavors to consistently plan, implement, and sustain actions to improve gender equity. The participatory process of developing these indicators also high - lighted the need for continued efforts to develop a critical awareness and organizational response to gender inequities in the co-operative, particularly in providing spaces for women to define their own evaluation tools. Presentation by: Jannie Wing-Sea Leung MSc, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology |
| On-line event: | No |
| Date of event: | 2012-02-16 |
| Time of event: | 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. |
| Event Location: | 101 Diefenbaker Place Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N5B8 |
| Name of organization: | University of Saskatchewan |
| Type of organization: | Post-secondary |
| Website address: | http://www.usask.ca |
| Contact person: | Roxanne Craig |
| Telephone: | 306-966-5904 |
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| Email address: | international.research@usask.ca |
| Address of Organization: | 105 Administration Place Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N5A2 |
