by Sarah Kenyi | Dec 7, 2020 | Gender, Uganda, Youth
In Uganda, coffee is widely viewed as a man’s crop because to grow it, you need to own land and men are typically the heirs of inherited land. This means that even though in most cases it is the women in coffee growing households who do most of the agricultural labor...
by Livvy Runyon | Dec 15, 2019 | Central America, Gender, Projects
“Before, we women suffered a lot of machismo. Only the men could work. We couldn’t even leave the house. They would scold us for going out with the others to cut coffee.” Mariana Solis remembers her younger days with a retrospective disbelief. Even between her and her...
by Aaron Scheuerman | Nov 11, 2018 | Africa, Gender, Meet the Team, Uganda
International Coffee Partners (ICP) has a strategy partnership with Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung (HRNS) as implementor of ICP projects. The network is made up of hundreds of talented, devoted team players from numerous backgrounds and cultures. It is with that spirit...