Gender, health, and Fairtrade: insights from a research-action programme in Nicaragua

Author(s)
Hanson, Lori
Terstappen, Vincent
Bacon, Christopher M.
Leung, Jannie
Ganem-Cuenca, Alejandra
Flores, Sandro Raúl Díaz
Rojas, María Asunción Meza
Publication date
2012-04-01
Subject
Food and livelihoods
Gender
Keywords
Agriculture
Livelihoods
Fair trade
Women farmers
Equity
Country
Nicaragua

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Publisher(s)
Oxfam GB
Routledge
Journal
Development in Practice
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10546/270071
DOI
10.1080/09614524.2012.640981
Document type
Journal article
Language
English
Description
The present article provides evidence from a collaborative research programme in Nicaragua that suggests that Fairtrade is falling short of its equity-promoting potential. Providing an alternative framing of Fairtrade based on the gendered social determinants of health, it suggests how Fairtrade can be optimised towards equity. The programme is based on experiences of community-based organisations and women coffee producers who perceive contradictions in the rhetoric of gender equity in Fairtrade. To orient future action and research towards more equitable and empowering possibilities for Fairtrade coffee producers, the framework illuminates the gendered nature of the contexts, activities, and impacts of Fairtrade.
Pages
15
ISSN
0961-4524
EISSN
1364-9213
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