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Podcast: Farmer's Inside Track
Episode: Empowering Women, Transforming Communities | Beyond The Label
Description: Unpack the crucial role of women across the value chain, who are driving change within African agriculture. We highlight Fairtrade’s comprehensive gender strategy, which includes standards for protection, enhancing leadership capabilities, economic development, and addressing gender-based violence. Hear how specific initiatives, like the Women's School of Leadership program, are designed to build self-esteem, self-confidence, and entrepreneurship skills, ensuring women's voices are heard and their needs are met. The series also addresses the systemic challenges women face, such as limited access to land tenure, leadership positions, water, sanitation, and technology, as well as...