“Now with Fairtrade we have been able to take courses, educate the women. We have a group of women farming entrepreneurs with the help of Fairtrade. Women workers have also had business training and created a group of women entrepreneurs.”
Yadira Orozco, member of the Asobanar Cooperative
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Koperasi Kopi Wanita Gayo (Indonesia)
Producer profile: posted 16 Mar 2016
Deeply ingrained cultural traditions meant women coffee farmers in rural Aceh, Indonesia, would sit quietly in meetings, keeping their opinions to themselves. Now, having formed their own Fairtrade ...
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European Commission and Fairtrade International join forces to drive sustainable development
Article: posted 18 Mar 2016
Fairtrade International has been chosen as one of the European Commission’s strategic partners for the next five years to help deliver a better deal for small-scale farmers and workers round the ...
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International Fair Trade Towns Website is Live!
Article: posted 21 Mar 2016
Since the Fair Trade Towns movement began, more than 1,750 towns in 26 countries have taken the pledge to push for a better deal for farmers and workers. A new website will help broaden collaboration ...
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New Fairtrade Textile Standard and Programme Aim to Protect Workers in the Textile Industry
Press release: posted 22 Mar 2016
Fairtrade’s new Textile Standard and Programme are designed to tackle the challenging working conditions by extending the Fairtrade approach to the entire textile supply chain.
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Baseline study of Fairtrade Cotton in West Africa
Publication: published 6 Apr 2016
Fairtrade International commissioned Aidenvironment to collect data from farmers and producer organizations in Mali, Burkina Faso and Senegal to measure the impact of Fairtrade on the cotton industry ...
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Fairtrade Invites Coffee Lovers to Join the First Ever “World Fairtrade Challenge”
Press release: posted 11 Apr 2016
Coffee lovers around the world are being urged to get together to drink a record amount of Fairtrade coffee and show their support for farmers hit by climate change during the World Fairtrade ...
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Mexican Coffee Farmers Adapt to Climate Change
Article: posted 21 Apr 2016
Coffee farmers in Mexico are recovering from leaf rust disease and increasing their resilience to climate change thanks to a project by Fairtrade, CLAC and Lidl Germany.
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Fairtrade certification in the banana hired labour sector
Publication: published 22 Apr 2016
Fairtrade commissioned independent consultants LEI Wageningen UR to conduct this study to provide baseline data for future impact assessments. The study gathered data on a range of socio-economic ...
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Fairtrade and cocoa – 2016
Publication: published 30 Apr 2016
Around 50 million people globally depend on cocoa for their livelihoods, while governments in producing countries rely on earnings from cocoa to finance economic and social development programmes. ...
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World Fairtrade Challenge – more than 1.8 million coffee lovers join the world’s largest coffee break
Press release: posted 16 May 2016
From New Zealand to Poland, from South Africa to Spain – between 13 and 15 May coffee lovers in 50 countries across the globe got together and drank a staggering total of more than 5.6 million cups ...
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