A Strong Womens Voice

In 2006, a group of 50 women in the cooperative joined together to establish a women’s association to discuss and solve pressing issues. The association Hinga Kawa now has 109 members, of whom 35 percent are widows. The goals of the association are to promote the coffee sector, improve the quality and quantity of their coffee, improve their socioeconomic status, establish alternative sources of income and focus attention on women’s issues.