enabling us to bring a stronger gender lens to our analysis and enabling comparisons between male -headed and female -headed household s. 24 Our analysis found that women farmers were less likely to earn a living income than men farmers, with 32% of women and 42% of men earning at or above the living income benchmark across the 3 cooperatives in scope.
We close the feedback loop with partner cooperatives by sharing our findings in a way that’s accessible, timely, useful and relevant data and insights where relevant. We aim to further develop equitable MEL practices that create value for farmers and partner cooperatives. Our 5 Sourcing Principles Theory of Change (to be published later in 2026) has a specific pathway mapping out how we work with cooperatives on gender equity in management, leadership and inclusion.
– including gender disaggregated
Pillar 2: Gender Interventions
Alongside the gender mainstreaming approach outlined above, we
also implement
targeted programmes and interventions . These are aimed at tackling specific inequalities faced by women, as well as engag ing with men and women to address gender norms. While the below is not an exhaustive list, it provides an overview of key interventions carried out over the years by Tony’s Open Chain in collaboration with and funded by a range of partners , such as the Chocolonely Foundation . 1) Household Financial and Digital Literacy Training with 100WEEKS (2017 – 2024) : 100WEEKS delivers financial management and digital literacy training to 3,000 participants across 6 partner cooperatives. The programme targets both men and women, encouraging joint decision -making and shared financial planning within households. 2) Heroïnes programme (2021 -2023): The Ivoirian NGO ‘Genre Parité et Leadership Féminin – GEPALEF’, worked with Tony’s Open Chain during the 2021/22 and 2022/23 seasons. The objective of the programme was to develop women's empowerment and optimize their participation in the management of thei r
community and their cooperative. This was done by building the capacity of 150 women (Heroïnes), from the communities of 6 Tony’s Open Chain partner cooperatives, who could in turn impact the women of their various sect
ions. 6
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