Gender Equity in Certified Chains

Gender equality : it's your business

| cop. 2012
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Oxfam international
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: gender mainstreaming, gender equality, transnational corporations, women's status, women workers, cash crops, agribusiness
Companies already protect human rights in their operations and value chains, but they can do more in gender equality. There are practical benefits for companies from addressing gender equality, ig including improved productivity, reduced staff turnover and access to a wider pool of talented staff.

Rainforest alliance

| 2012-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Rainforest alliance
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: environment, small farms, forest management, organic farming, standards
The Rainforest Alliance offers certification, verification and validation services for agriculture, forestry, tourism, and forest carbon. Rainforest Alliance Certification offers farms a way to distinguish their products as being socially, economically and environmentally sustainable.

Cadenas de valor con enfoque de género : caja de herramientas

| 2011]
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Unidad regional de asistencia técnica (RUTA) [etc.
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: gender equality, agribusiness, gender mainstreaming, agricultural product marketing, latin america
This toolbox (in Spanish) developed by Ruta, ProPence, Catie and Giz is useful for the analysis, strategy, implementation, process and evaluation of value chains with a focus on gender. It aims to contribute to the development of the facilitator, organisms of regulation and support organizations.

RUTA : desarrollo rural sostenible de Centroamérica

| 2011-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Unidad regional de asistencia técnica (RUTA)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: gender mainstreaming, social justice, agribusiness, gender equality, latin america
This site presents a collection of Spanish literature focussed on gender and value chains in Central America.

Fairtrade international

| 2011-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Fairtrade labelling organizations international
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: organic farming, small farms, social justice, international trade, standards
Fairtrade International is the organization that coordinates Fairtrade labelling at an international level. It sets international Fairtrade standards, organizes support for producers around the world, develops global Fairtrade strategy, and promotes trade justice internationally.
 

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This portal provides free access to selected full-text documents on Gender Equity in Certified Chains with a focus on coffee, tea, and cocoa.