Women in Cocoa

This year, 2024, we are heading towards two major events in the cocoa sector, which will take stock of what has been achieved and what remains to be done to deliver sustainable cocoa at scale. The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) Partnership…
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For several years, there is an active international community of scholars and activists promoting a benchmark for paying a decent ‘living income’ to smallholder farmers and workers in developing countries. While agreement has been…
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The Bodoma Old Ladies Cocoa Farmers’ Cooperative, a group instituted to empower women through knowledge sharing and support to create economic opportunities and positive change has been inaugurated at Bodoma, a cocoa community in the Bekwai…
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Kristy Leissle (PhD), a cocoa and chocolate scholar, is scheduled to speak at the cocoa conference hosted by the Lindt Chocolate Museum in Cologne Germany, next month. The conference will explore the subject of "Sustainable cocoa supply…
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"I have travelled far away from home to be at this important gathering. A few years ago, it would have been impossible for me, a woman, to attend this cocoa farming-related programme," Charity Ofori, a female cocoa farmer, told Cocoa Post.…
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The German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa (GISCO) has held its 10th Annual General Meeting in Berlin on the topic 'Human Rights Due Diligence in the Cocoa Sector: Working Together for Better Living Conditions for Cocoa Farmers.' The…
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Cocoa continues to play an important role in the world economy, including that of cocoa origin countries like Ghana. In the 2019/2020 crop season, Ghana produced 850,000 metric tons of cocoa beans, maintaining its position as the 2nd…
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A total of 15,600 female cocoa farmers in Ghana are to benefit from a £257,000 Cadbury Farmer Resilience Fund grant to set up a range of climate-smart small enterprises. The women are part of nine partner cocoa farmer cooperatives within…
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Zimbabwean sustainability expert, Professor Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, has been approved by shareholders to Nestlé's Board of Directors at the company's 154th Annual General Meeting held at Vevey, Switzerland. Prof. Sibanda was proposed by…
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Female cocoa farmers are averagely is paid as little as 23p a day, highlighting a gender pay gap in the global chocolate industry, according to Fairtrade. That figure is well below the extreme global poverty line of £1.40 a day, and…
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