A sustainable future is only possible if women and men, girls and boys can thrive. In agriculture, addressing gender inequality and promoting women’s rights is an essential part of advancing human rights and sustainable economic development of families and communities. It’s also an often overlooked climate solution and an effective way to increase farm productivity.
This page features information about the Rainforest Alliance's work to promote gender equality and women’s rights and links to all our related content and resources.
Working together with rural communities, companies, governments, and local civil society organizations, we promote a gender transformative approach through our certification program, inclusive landscape management, tailored supply chain services, and advocacy. We address root causes of gender inequality and help women and girls forge their own paths through improved access to education, leadership training, and increased representation in local decision-making bodies. This doesn’t just benefit women; it benefits everyone, regardless of their gender.
Our certification program promotes gender equality and women’s rights by giving farms and companies tools to understand the gender gaps and issues in their operations, their root causes and how to address those.
Download this paper for an in-depth look at the Rainforest Alliance’s position and approach to advancing gender equality and promotion of women’s rights.
Download this sell sheet to learn how we help companies to address gender inequality and other human rights risks in their supply chains and sourcing landscapes.
Learn about our projects supporting women to take a lead in community-based landscape management and restoration in Latin America, Africa, and Asia.
Elizabeth Kiende, gender expert for the Rainforest Alliance in Kenya, sheds light on the roots of sexual violence on tea farms.
We stand with the thousands of women working in the Kenya tea sector and commit to doing our part to help stop violence against women in agricultural supply chains.
In this video, participants and colleagues in Cameroon’s Western Highlands talk about the impact this work has had in their lives and their hopes for the future.
Women of our Alliance is a short film by the Rainforest Alliance. We celebrate some of the inspirational women leaders working to strengthen their communities while protecting local forests.
If ever there were a question as to whether community forestry is an excellent conservation strategy, one would only have to look to the concessions of the Maya Biosphere Reserve for an answer—and to the women leaders who live there.
Studies show that climate change disproportionately affects women and girls. Yet their intrinsic bond with the natural landscape is what makes women ideal sustainability leaders.
