Publications
Sowing stories, cultivating equality | My hands still know the soil: A woman farmer’s journey of resilience (By Beryl Oletha Seaton, Saint Kitts and Nevis)
01/08/2026
From childhood, Beryl found joy and belonging in the soil, and over the years farming became part of her identity and a refuge from everyday life. When an old injury left her unable to walk and she later lost her job, what frightened her most was the thought of losing the land she loved. Instead of asking whether she could continue, Beryl began asking what was still possible. 9 p.
Sowing stories, cultivating equality | The difference is small, but I can see it: How one farmer's careful coffee cherries changed a whole women's network on Mount Elgon (By Melanie Joyce Nabukwasi, Uganda)
01/08/2026
As an agricultural extension worker on the coffee farms of Mount Elgon, Melanie wondered why so much effort continued to yield little income. The answer came when she realized that the value of coffee depends not just on labor, but on knowledge. By teaching women farmers to select ripe cherries and improve their drying methods, she set in motion a transformation that at first seemed imperceptible. 10 p.
Sowing stories, cultivating equality |Counting sheep but still no sleep (By Anna Sperling, Italy)
01/08/2026
For two decades, Anna built her life around a small agropastoral farm in central Italy, deeply connected to the land and to the sheep she knew by name. When access to grazing land disappeared, she faced losing not only her livelihood, but a way of life, years of knowledge and part of her own identity. Refusing to let it all disappear, Anna has kept a small core herd and continues to preserve the skills and traditions she has nurtured over the years. 11 p.
Sowing stories, cultivating equality |Connecting to life: A journey of reconnection with our inner nature (By Ada Navarro Puche, Spain)
01/08/2026
Growing up in a forestry nursery, Ada developed an early connection with nature. Years later, feeling disconnected from her values in a corporate career, she found a new path through permaculture and regenerative agriculture. Together with her partner Víctor, she began restoring abandoned terraced land in Catalonia, Spain, bringing life back to the soil through careful water management, organic matter, biodiversity and farming. 9 p.
Sal leaves to scale – Women-led eco-enterprises in Dangisharan, Nepal
01/08/2026
Empowering women across forest value chains is both a matter of equity and a strategic investment in resilient ecosystems, inclusive economies and global climate objectives. This factsheet will explore the successful experiences of the Rajakot Multi-purpose Cooperative Society Limited in Nepal. 8 p.
Sowing stories, cultivating equality | Roots of resilience: How a friend's orchid, arriving six months after a baby was lost, grew into a women's cooperative in Saint James (By Audia Willie, Jamaica)
01/08/2026
Six months after losing her baby, a friend gives Audia a purple orchid. Caring for it gives her a reason to rise each morning, and slowly her veranda fills with green. Neighbouring women begin gathering there on Saturdays, bringing cuttings, seeds and stories of their own struggles. They plant kitchen gardens, share their harvests and eventually form a cooperative to sell together at the local market. 10 p.
From economic empowerment to social recognition: How organized women’s groups drive accountability in northern Ghana
01/08/2026
Empowering women across forest value chains is both a matter of equity and a strategic investment in resilient ecosystems, inclusive economies and global climate objectives. This factsheet will explore the successful experiences of the FFPOs SAVANNAH in Ghana. 10 p.
Gender review and contextualization of Sustainable Development Goal Target 6.4: water use and scarcity
01/08/2026
Achieving water security requires more than technical solutions, as it also requires understanding the social dimensions that shape how water resources are managed and used. There is growing recognition that how water resources are managed and used is linked to broader patterns of gender and social equity. 80 p.