Exploring Gender Equity in the Coffee Value Chain
We’re excited to be learning about The Partnership for Gender Equity (PGE) on Instagram Live on Thursday, July 15 at 7am PDT/4pm BST.
The Partnership for Gender Equity believes that gender equity is the foundation for healthy families, communities, and a sustainable coffee supply chain. The CRG’s Freda Yuan will be talking to Kimberly Easson, Founder and CEO of PGE, to learn all about the incredible work they do, the impact they’re making, and how the greater coffee community can get involved.
Tune in on Thursday, July 15 on the CRG’s Instagram.
About PGE
The Partnership for Gender Equity (PGE) is creating common tools and methodologies to support the coffee and cocoa industries’ engagement and investment in gender equity across the value chain. These tools will serve to improve the livelihoods of producers and enhance the sustainable supply of quality coffee. Their evidence-based approach comprises three core elements: a validated set of tools, a common language for gender equity and a platform for action that supports scalable investments and action across the sector. By harnessing the power of collective action within the industry, growers, buyers, exporters, importers, roasters, brands, private foundations, development agencies, academic institutions and more can create a positive impact from community to cup (and bar), and for every step in between.
Follow on social media at @EqualOrigins, and find out more at www.genderincoffee.org
About Kimberly Easson
For more than twenty years, Kimberly Easson has dedicated herself to improving the lives of small-scale farmers, particularly in coffee and for women. She is currently the CEO of the Partnership for Gender Equity (PGE) which she founded under the umbrella of The Coffee Quality Institute (CQI). While at CQI she built strategic partnerships for development collaboration and oversaw a multi-year USAID funded project in Ethiopia to strengthen coffee sector institutions and increase linkages to high value markets. Previously, as the Director of Producer Services and Relations at Fairtrade International in Bonn, Germany, she held responsibility for producer capacity building services for over one million Fairtrade producers in 63 countries. Her efforts with Fairtrade over nearly fifteen years were instrumental in securing high value market linkages for producer organizations with traders, manufacturers and retailers in the US, Canada and Europe. She served four years as member of the Board of Directors of the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA), eight years on the Sustainability Council, co-founded the International Women’s Coffee Alliance (IWCA) and the JavaJog for a Cause, which has raised more than $90,000 for women in coffee producing communities.
