Advancing gender equity in Peru

Cooperativa Norandino is an association of small-scale coffee producers in northern Peru. The 90 grassroots organizations are located on the western slopes of the Andes Mountains. The co-op has begun including gender equity in their strategic plan as a business, resulting in a process to engage the staff and take action. They've worked with a gender specialist to engage in trainings and discussions, and identified the need to act on wage disparity between men and women staff. Equal Exchange is able to amplify this work both by bringing you this coffee and by channeling resources from a USAID grant aimed at co-op development.