supporting women
WHY IT MATTERS
Women play an important role in cocoa-producing communities and contribute significantly to farming, household resilience and local economic development.
Strengthening participation, leadership opportunities and access to services can contribute to more inclusive and resilient communities.
Strengthening participation, leadership opportunities and access to services can contribute to more inclusive and resilient communities.
OUR APPROACH
Transparence Cacao promotes the participation of women across programme activities through literacy programmes, income-generating activities, savings groups and leadership opportunities.
Activities are developed to strengthen capabilities, financial autonomy and participation in community and producer organisation structures.
Activities are developed to strengthen capabilities, financial autonomy and participation in community and producer organisation structures.
Women play an important role in cocoa-producing communities.
OUR LONG
TERM AMBITIONS
The programme aims to strengthen women’s participation across all programme activities and encourage greater representation within leadership and decision-making structures.
Transparence Cacao seeks to expand access to economic opportunities, financial inclusion mechanisms and capacity-building initiatives.
Transparence Cacao seeks to expand access to economic opportunities, financial inclusion mechanisms and capacity-building initiatives.
2025 INDICATORS
11 268
women supported through income-generating activities since 2021
775
Village Savings and Loan Associations established
22 482
VSLA members
18 718
women participating in VSLAs
786
women who took part in literacy programmes since 2022
in practice
Strengthening women’s economic participation
Through Maison du Planteur activities, women participate in literacy programmes, entrepreneurship initiatives and Village Savings and Loan Associations. In 2025 alone, 237 additional women benefited from literacy programmes in Côte d’Ivoire.