Lecture Description
The World Economic Forum’s 2022 “Global Gender Gap” report argues that global humanity remains more than 100 years away from gender equity; meaning that “none of us will see gender parity in our lifetimes; nor likely will many of our children.” How can this be possible when there’s so much attention on “empowerment” both globally and in the coffee industry? Sustainability has become an embedded goal throughout specialty coffee, but it will only be achieved if gender equity is realized. This panel of three women, who live and work in Kenya, considers the vital importance of linking sustainability goals with gender equity goals.
Based on her PhD research in Kenya, Dr. Erika Koss highlights what we really know (and what we don’t) about gender in coffee—and discusses why more gender aggregated, intersectional data is needed. She suggests key solutions, exploring why our way forward in coffee must lead to flourishing for all genders. Two owners and directors of coffee estates in western Kenya, Dr. Rosebella Langat of Chepsangor Coffee in Nandi and Gloria Wamaiwa Gummerus of Sakami Coffee in TransNzoia, will share their experiences as farmers and leaders of sustainable businesses that employ and train hundreds of rural women.
Date: Thursday, June 27, 2024
Time: 14:15 - 15:15
Location: Lecture Room 2
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Lecturers / Presenters
Dr. Erika Koss (she/her)
Saint Mary's University, Canada ; University of Nairobi, Kenya
Erika Koss, Ph.D., is a writer, educator, and researcher who views coffee through the lens of two life-long passions: literature and human rights. She is an AST and a co-creator of SCA’s Coffee Sustainability curriculum. Erika holds a PhD from Saint Mary’s University in Canada and is Research Associate at University of Nairobi, Kenya. She is founder of “A World in Your Cup Consulting,” her education business focused on sustainability, gender equity, and decolonization of the beverage crops. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Erika lives in Nairobi with her younger son.
IG: @AWorldinYourCup
www.AWorldinYourCup.com
Dr. Rosebella Langat (she/her)
Coffee Farmer, Chepsangor Hills Coffee Farm
Dr Rosebella Langat is an Impact Entrepreneur with a focus on improving the lives of her community
particularly through agribusiness in the Coffee Sector and closing the gender and economic gap. She is
the CEO and cofounder of Chepsangor Hills Coffee Farms producing exclusive speciality coffees
with specific attention to traceability and sustainability with the aim of achieving sustainable
production and consumption of Coffee and creating a synergy between the global north and global
south. Rosebella has a passion to develop and use her knowledge to solve business and community
problems particularly in rural agriculture.
Gloria Wamalwa Gummerus (she/her)
CEO, Sakami Ranchers Ltd.
Gloria Gummerus is coffe grower , ceo of sakami coffee ,co founder of international woman in coffee Kenyan chapter and Nort woman in coffee producers. Director at New Kenya planters cooperative uoin represents smaller coffee Grower’s.