Taking a gender sensitive approach to promote child development in coffee and cocoa value chains
Webinar Series: Gender in Cocoa and Coffee
In 2016, the initiative organized an international multi-stakeholder conference hosted by FAO in Rome on inclusive and gender-sensitive coffee and cocoa value chains. The initiative aims to continue the cross-fertilization and learning between the coffee and cocoa sector as well as between different coffee and cocoa-producing regions and countries. A series of webinars will explore the overlapping ambitions of actors involved in women’s empowerment in the coffee and cocoa sector.
Webinar Three
In the third webinar of the Gender in Cocoa and Coffee Initiative, we explore the relationship between gender and child protection.
The webinar highlights two gender sensitive approaches to child development and child education using village savings and loans associations.
Speakers:
- Ariane Genthon, Child Labour Expert at FAO, Rome
- Anna van Roekel, Program Manager Sustainability for Cocoanect in Ghana
- Emmanuel Bukomeko, Scheme manager of West-Nile region for Kyagalanyi Coffee (Volcafe) in Uganda
- Anna Laven (KIT)
Date: 24th March 2020
Watch and listen to the webinar below:
Digital Digest
In the Digital Digest about Gender and child protection you will find the following content:
- A summary of the webinar on gender, child development and child labour in coffee and cocoa
- The webinar presentations and webinar recording, in case you missed the live event
- Responses to audience questions that we could not address during the webinar
- Further reading and resources
Publication
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Changing the terms of women’s engagement in cocoa and coffee supply chains
In June 2017, FAO, Twin and KIT organized a multi-stakeholder workshop on “Promoting Inclusive and Gender-Sensitive Producer Organizations and Agricultural Investments in Cocoa and Coffee Value Chains”. A range of actors from coffee and cocoa value chains came together to share experiences of their work in investing in gender-sensitive policies and activities and incorporating these […]
