Originally published on Edie.net
Drawing on a decade of insights from the Women for Change program, Mars Global’s senior director of cocoa sustainability Nupur Parikh reflects on what can happen when women’s roles in the cocoa industry are fully recognized and supported. She traces chocolate’s origins back to cocoa-growing communities, highlights how women’s contributions are often undervalued, and explores how Mars partnered with CARE to change that, launching Women for Change in 2015—a program dedicated to empowering women in Côte d’Ivoire to save and invest, grow businesses, and strengthen their voice and agency at home and in their communities.
