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People

LOOKING FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE

GIRL POWER

During World Coffee Championship 2016, there was one more coffee event, Re;co forum, where everyone paid
special attention to the topic of gender and women in coffee industry. In fact, coffee production chain and even the
whole system take a great care of women role,their independence, gender equality, which already became a symbol of
st
21 century, not without controversial disputes and discussions, of course. In this issue we will focus on women in coffee
business to hear their voices and opinions.
Talor Browne

Unexpected struggle

Talor was one of the speaker in Re;co forum this
time, former roaster in Tim Wendelboe, she has been
in the business for over 15 years, even though she has
already tried different roles in the coffee industry, her
participation in the forum was accidental.
In March 2016 Talor questioned Coffee Championship, saying “When people tell me that more women aren’t winning
barista competition because they don’t enter, perhaps we haven’t realized that the structure of the competition favours certain
personality types to enter and therein is the problem”. Right after it was published, her opinion attracted hot debates. Polarized
comments made Talor to think it over: so what actually people from coffee industry think about gender bias? (Gender bias - un-
equal treatment in employment opportunity ,such as promotion, pay, benefits and privileges, and expectations due to attitudes
based on the sex of an employee or group of employees.)

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