cooperatives
How investing in women is improving lives in El Salvador
There is growing evidence that an investment in women is an investment in a community's future. Deysi Román, now 43 years old, is beginning to understand the importance of her voice.
Cuban women farmers: confident in the future
Since 1997 we have supported the National Association of Small Farmers to help and encourage women to become food producers. They learn environmentally-friendly farming techniques and participate in workshops on economic empowerment and gender-based violence.
Tanzania: Fighting poverty in their own backyard
In rural areas of Tanzania, more than 90 per cent of households keep chickens, but few keep more than 20.
Cuba: Irma Castillo Vargas: "My Cooperative is everything to me"
Oxfam's work with the National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP) includes a pilot to implement ANAP’s gender strategy in five of Cuba's provinces.

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