The women transforming tea fields into engines of change

The women transforming tea fields into engines of change

In Misiones, one of Argentina’s most biodiverse provinces, a group of women are sustaining a tradition that began more than a century ago: artisanal tea production. With careful, environmentally conscious techniques, they guide each stage of the process – from the precise harvesting of leaves to the attentive drying that shapes the tea’s aroma and quality – while creating new job opportunities and sources of meaningful employment. But the result…

In Misiones, the enterprises that produce traditional drink with handcrafted techniques help to consolidate female leadership in areas where historically they were relegated. What are the advances and challenges in an adverse context for gender policies. Irma Fraga’s life always took place in rural areas of Misiones. She was born 62 years ago in a family dedicated to tobacco growing and chicken breeding. There she learned to develop different ta…