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Fairtrade co-op links up with women farmers
article Susan Press November 30, 2012 03:00 PM

An award-winning co-operative is forging closer links with women farmers as part of a new Fairtrade initiative.

The UK's Equal Exchange, which recently won the ‘...

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Norma Gaeda working at the Soppexccaa Co-operative in Nicaragua.

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Global NewsFairtrade co-op links up with women farmers

An award-winning co-operative is forging closer links with women farmers as part of a new Fairtrade initiative.

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Thomas Anderson, Co-Chair of the Co-operative Group's Respect

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United KingdomCo-operative leads the way on LGBT equality at work

An initiative designed to offer advice and support to thousands of LGBT employees is helping the Co-operative Group lead the way on equality issues.

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Glenys Thornton believes co-operatives should aim for an equal gender balance

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United KingdomMore women needed at senior levels of UK co-operatives

A senior figure in the House Of Lords is calling for a new campaign to break down the barriers which still deter women from achieving their potential.

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Seema Malhotra — the new Labour/Co-op MP for Feltham and Heston

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United KingdomCo-op MP Seema proud to represent Movement

It remains to be seen whether David Cameron’s recent embrace of the co-op model as the way forward for responsible capitalists will reap real dividends for the Movement ...

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United Kingdom2012 is our time to tell the co-operative story

Nicola Kelly is working hard on plans to tell the world all about co-operatives.

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Morning Star Editor Bill Benfield

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United KingdomHow members kept the presses running at Morning Star newspaper

The story of left-wing media in the UK is one of past glories like Reynolds News and the Daily Herald and more recent disasters such as the infamous News On Sunday in 1987.

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Global NewsMidlands Co-op set for a stylish retail makeover

The Co-op may, as the advert says, be “good with food.” But in some parts of the UK, its retail sector is reaching out way beyond the kitchen into other parts of the ...

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Global NewsHelping to lead a Fairtrade revolution

Fairtrade Fortnight — this year running from February 28th to March 13th — is now an important date in the calendar of the Co-operative Movement.

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Global NewsCo-op makes its mark at big farming conference

One of the key events of the agricultural calendar got 2011 off to a busy start for Christine Tacon CBE, head of Co-operative Farms, when she chaired the Oxford Farming Conference.

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Global NewsLet's co-operate!

THE end of January sees a keynote conference on the opportunities offered to the Co-operative Movement by the Government’s Big Society proposals.

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