Ulrike Joras, Author at Oxfam Views & Voices

Salimata, one of the cocoa farmers involved in the Enhancing Livelihoods cocoa project in Côte d’Ivoire, pictured alongside her plot of maize. Photo: Lono

Working with companies on women’s economic empowerment in value chains

August 27th, 2020 Agriculture, Food & livelihoods, Women's Economic Empowerment

Salimata Kone (pictured) is a cocoa farmer and lives with her husband and children near Divo, a city in southern Côte d’Ivoire. She took part in a project to improve her family …

A pineapple farmer from Rwanda walks to her farm. Since joining the Tuzamurane Cooperative, she feels empowered and has saved enough money to buy a cow and support her family. Photo: Aurelie Marrier d’Unienville/Oxfam

3 ways Coronavirus is having an impact on small producers and how to build back better

Ulrike Joras

June 29th, 2020 Agriculture, Women's Economic Empowerment

The Coronavirus is raging around the world. While many countries have started easing lockdowns, others still have restrictions in place or had to re-introduce measures because of renewed outbreaks. For …

Niangouin Yassi poses for a portrait in the midst of cocoa pods on a farm in Sankro, Ivory Coast on January 8th, 2013. Credit: Oxfam

Cocoa and the global goals: accelerating women’s empowerment

Ulrike Joras and Gaël Lescornec

May 22nd, 2018 Food & livelihoods, General, Private sector, Women's Economic Empowerment

How can business build gender equality into supply chains? Oxfam’s Ulrike Joras and Gaël Lescornec of the World Cocoa Foundation, share lessons from the cocoa industry and introduce a new …