Women and fair trade coffee production in Nicaragua

Nicaragua is one of the poorest countries in Latin America with a population of 5.8 million of whom just over half are women. Systems such as Fair Trade allow consumers to express concern and take action by utilizing their purchasing power to help small scale producers. If Fair Trade is understood c...

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Main Author:	Dilley, Catherine
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2011
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/686/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/686/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/686/1/7.2011-1-dilley-english-3.pdf

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spelling	ukm-6862016-12-14T06:27:52Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/686/ Women and fair trade coffee production in Nicaragua Dilley, Catherine Nicaragua is one of the poorest countries in Latin America with a population of 5.8 million of whom just over half are women. Systems such as Fair Trade allow consumers to express concern and take action by utilizing their purchasing power to help small scale producers. If Fair Trade is understood correctly, the system will be more affective at both ends of the supply chain, from the producer to the consumer. Yet, it has long been understood that the benefits of development do not always trickle down equally to both men and women. This paper argues that Fair Trade can make an impact on women and it must be analyzed through a gendered lens as in a case study of a coffee Fair Trade cooperative in Nicaragua. This study shows that the SOPPEXCCA cooperative would not have been such a success for women farmers without being a part of Fair Trade, which provides the means by which women are empowered as producers, mothers, and community members. Though, it is not Fair Trade alone that has created this success. It is the hard work and determination of the cooperative staff and the female producers themselves. The recent history of dictatorship, revolution, civil war and the feminist movement in Nicaragua set the stage for the cooperative to make physical and mental changes for cooperative members a more realistic endeavour. Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2011-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/686/1/7.2011-1-dilley-english-3.pdf Dilley, Catherine (2011) Women and fair trade coffee production in Nicaragua. Geografia : Malaysian Journal of Society and Space, 7 (1). pp. 76-86. ISSN 2180-2491 http://www.ukm.my/geografia/v1/index.php?cont=a&item=1
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description	Nicaragua is one of the poorest countries in Latin America with a population of 5.8 million of whom just over half are women. Systems such as Fair Trade allow consumers to express concern and take action by utilizing their purchasing power to help small scale producers. If Fair Trade is understood correctly, the system will be more affective at both ends of the supply chain, from the producer to the consumer. Yet, it has long been understood that the benefits of development do not always trickle down equally to both men and women. This paper argues that Fair Trade can make an impact on women and it must be analyzed through a gendered lens as in a case study of a coffee Fair Trade cooperative in Nicaragua. This study shows that the SOPPEXCCA cooperative would not have been such a success for women farmers without being a part of Fair Trade, which provides the means by which women are empowered as producers, mothers, and community members. Though, it is not Fair Trade alone that has created this success. It is the hard work and determination of the cooperative staff and the female producers themselves. The recent history of dictatorship, revolution, civil war and the feminist movement in Nicaragua set the stage for the cooperative to make physical and mental changes for cooperative members a more realistic endeavour.
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Women and fair trade coffee production in Nicaragua

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