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Edith was lucky to be raised by parents who “The men have already accepted me, whether they
built up her confidence and instilled a determination want to or not” she says. “It’s their wives who are
to get the job done. Her mother worked outside the still having trouble.” The area where Edith lives is
home, often traveling for weeks at a time. Coming pure jungle, and in order to make it accessible the
from the high sierras in the Huancayo zone, her locals paid for roads to be paved, and now organize
mother’s upbringing was very traditional, but Edith regular maintenance. Edith attends all the commu-
says that as time went on her mom became more and nity meetings and helps the President and the
more empowered. It Treasurer of Roadways by
was she who first going door to door with
bought the coffee th em inf o rming h er
farm Edith runs now, neighbors of what needs
although she was only to be done to maintain
able to work it for two the roads. “There’s times
years before passing when the wives get jeal-
away in 2007. ous. That’s when being
Edith also feels young and single works
lucky to live in a com- against me”. One time, a
paratively open-mind- neighbor’s wife called
ed part of Peru. She her with accusations
was one of 750 wom- about her husband. Edith
en in Peru to partici- remembers thinking “So
pate in Goldman much for all my empow-
Sach’s “10,000 Wom- erment”.
en” project for entre- Photo / Ronise Daluz But Edith is hopeful
preneurs. “The wom- for the future. “We have to
en from the North move forward, people will
said they had a terri- adapt. The newer genera-
ble time with their tions are already more
husbands”, Edith reports. These women were all flexible. Things will change.” She takes great pride 100% COLOMBIAN COFFEE
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“The trainings were in their area. There was no their successes and commiserating over their
travel involved.” Then why such a fuss? “Well, isn’t shared difficulties in this male-dominated field:
that just how men are?” her friend asks: “Edith, Have you noticed an im-
Although Edith has coffee producing friends provement in your coffee since you took over?” *Trademark registered by the Colombian Coffee Growers Federation - FoNC
in other parts of the country and abroad, she’s the her friend asks. “Yes, actually!” “Me too! I think
only woman in the jungle of Satipo who grows coffee. women have a knack for this.”

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