As we launch the findings of our research on Women's Collective Action in agricultural markets, Global Research Adviser Martin Walsh, who helped to develop the methodology for the case studies, summarises the results and recommendations of the Tanzania study.
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Our Behind The Brands campaign launch kicked off with a call for Mars, Mondelez International and Nestlé to stop ignoring the women who are working in their cocoa supply chains. Between them, these three companies net more than $45 billion a year in confectionery sales. But throughout their cocoa supply chains - from growers to pickers - women are getting a raw deal.
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Forecasts indicate world food production must grow at least fifty per cent by 2050, to feed a population of nine billion people. But can this be done in a way that eradicates hunger, preserves the environment, and ensures farming is an attractive and viable career path?
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Oxfam's online discussion on Making the food system work for women got off to a great start last week. Here Lauren Ravon summarises the debate so far and invites you to join in.
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Ten experts on food and gender issues will be taking part in an online discussion from next week - and you can take part too.
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In India a coalition called Ekta Parishad recently embarked on a month long march calling for land rights for the poorest people in India. The good news is they're winning.
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Focusing investment on small-scale farmers, particularly women, can greatly reduce poverty, Monique Mikhail, Oxfam's Sustainable Agriculture Policy Adviser explains how.
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At this year's AWID the Tanzanian Female Food Heroes have discovered that they shared challenges to access to land and food security with activists from around the world.
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Gender & Development editor Caroline Sweetman on what happened when she didn't go to the AWID (Association of Women in Development) Forum last week.
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While the global south has experienced some uplifting changes, the north is enveloped by a Euro-gloom of crisis and decline, says Duncan Green.
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