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.
Gender equality is essential for sustainability. It will take steady collective action to transform oppressive systems and advance the rights of women and girls. Here’s what we’re doing to get 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.
After two years, ‘Project Guatemala’ helped create a better future for Guatemalan women coffee farmers by focusing on gender inclusiveness and women’s empowerment to set an example for the industry.
Meet 5 incredible women in sustainability who have successfully transformed their communities and the landscapes around them.
Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana are the largest producers of cocoa in the world, with millions of families relying on the crop for their livelihoods. Yet cocoa farmers earn, on average, only six percent of the final product’s value in stores, making poverty and food insecurity common. Additionally, women make up a significant part of the […]
Women provide immense contributions to productive value chains globally. Throughout Mesoamerica, women work in the production of coffee, cocoa, cardamom, potato, and so many other crops that global markets demand. As part of our Women’s Economic Empowerment in Mesoamerica Initiative, the Rainforest Alliance and partners are working alongside women, including Indigenous women and youth, in […]
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To mark International Womens Day, Rainforest Alliance gender experts Joky Francois and Elizabeth Kiende Njenga wrote an opinion piece for Devex on the pervasive issue of gender-based violence and harassment in agriculture, and the collaboration needed to understand and address its deep-rooted causes.
The Rainforest Alliance, in collaboration with GIZ, is launching a project in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi province to address social and environmental challenges in the coffee industry by providing training to 1,000 smallholder farmers, with a focus on sustainability and inclusivity.... Continue Reading
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