17 African Development Bank Group. (2015). Economic empowerment of African women through equitable participation in agricultural value chains. African Development Bank Group. 18 Anderson, C. L., Reynolds, T. W., Biscaye, P., Patwardhan, V., & Schmidt, C. (2021). Economic benefits of empowering women in agriculture: Assumptions and evidence. Journal of Development Studies, 57 (2), 193–208. 19 Bah, A., & Laven, A. (2019). Closing the income gap of cocoa households in Cote d’Ivoire: Taking a gender-sensitive household approach. KIT Royal Tropical Institute. 20 Community Facilitators are hired by the cooperative. They are responsible for conducting annual household visits to discuss child labour activities (based on national legislation and in line with ILO standards) with families, surveying all children under 18, collecting data via a mobile app, conducting a needs assessment and proposing appropriate remediation activities, implementing these activities together with other relevant team members at the cooperative, and conducting regular follow-up. 21 Tony’s Open Chain Impact Report 2024/25: https://online.flippingbook.com/view/176457927/54/ 22 International Cocoa Initiative. (2024). Gender dimensions in the role of CLMRS agents. 23 Tony’s Open Chain Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index Report, May 2025: https://online.flippingbook.com/view/223786037/ 24 In 2024/25, gender disaggregation was included as part of the living income analysis, provided partner cooperatives listed gender in their farmer registers (which was the case for all cooperatives included). 25 Better Than Cash Alliance. (2023). Digitizing payments in the Ghana cocoa sector: The path to financial equality.
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