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Be aware, be yourself and to em- try: in Latin America 20%, in Asia 30 percent
power yourself. to 60%, and in Sub-Sahara Africa 50% to 75%.
However, accurate statistics on women’s par-
The coffee supply chain is huge, and I ticipation in the coffee industry are not as
couldn’t gather everyone’s opinion for this easily accessible. THE NEW
topic. What made me happy during the prepa- Therefore, and again, we must admit that
ration was that everyone I spoke to are all very gender imbalance is in the coffee industry, but
positive, independent and open minded, we women involved in coffee have just identified
may have experiences here and there with the global problem in the coffee industry. If you STANDARD
gender discrimination in our field, or luckily check for the definition of the word: “Gender
some of us, not having such experience, the equality”, it does not imply that women and
general tone is quite bright and positive. men are the same, but that they have equal IN BATCH BREWING
Nevertheless, I’ve read that ICO defines value and should be accorded equal treatment.
Africa, Asia, Central America and South Amer- We shouldn’t encourage gender war, but we
ica as the world’s main coffee-exporting re- should make women’s voice to be heard, we
gions. According to the Learning from Good should pass around the positive messages
Practices of Small and Marginal Farmers report, through the resources of the coffee supply ad3
women’s labor makes up the following percent- chain, we must create opportunity for women Ultimate Uniformity of Extraction.
age of the workforce in the agricultural indus- to act, to improve the world we live in. USB Recipe Programming.

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