Key messages
- The European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is a gender- and equity-neutral instrument, placing the responsibility for human rights protections within the legal frameworks of producing countries or international commitments to ensure equitable outcomes in the transition to deforestation-free agriculture.
- This information brief presents the results of a desk study validated across three countries and applied in a Training of Trainers (ToT) on the gendered and social dimensions of EUDR and relevant national legislation, risks to women and other marginalized actors in the supply chains, as well as opportunities for leveraging the EUDR for more equitable inclusion and benefit sharing.
- Women, youth, Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLCs), and other social-identity groups are active in all the priority value chains (cocoa, coffee, natural rubber, oil palm, soy, cattle and wood products), yet their roles are often invisible, informal, and precarious, limiting their capacities to participate in transitioning markets. Harnessing opportunities through the due diligence processes can help mitigate this risk.
- We identify four strategic pathways for enhancing gender equity and intersectional inclusion in EUDR: Stakeholder engagement along with legal, data and market empowerment.
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TI - Aligning opportunities toward deforestation-free and socially responsible products
AU - Linden, H.
AU - Gallagher, E.J.
AU - Liswanti, N.
AU - Mello, D.
AU - Vallejo, E.
AB - Key messages
The European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is a gender- and equity-neutral instrument, placing the responsibility for human rights protections within the legal frameworks of producing countries or international commitments to ensure equitable outcomes in the transition to deforestation-free agriculture.
This information brief presents the results of a desk study validated across three countries and applied in a Training of Trainers (ToT) on the gendered and social dimensions of EUDR and relevant national legislation, risks to women and other marginalized actors in the supply chains, as well as opportunities for leveraging the EUDR for more equitable inclusion and benefit sharing.
Women, youth, Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLCs), and other social-identity groups are active in all the priority value chains (cocoa, coffee, natural rubber, oil palm, soy, cattle and wood products), yet their roles are often invisible, informal, and precarious, limiting their capacities to participate in transitioning markets. Harnessing opportunities through the due diligence processes can help mitigate this risk.
We identify four strategic pathways for enhancing gender equity and intersectional inclusion in EUDR: Stakeholder engagement along with legal, data and market empowerment.
PY - 2026
PB - CIFOR-ICRAF and GIZ
PP - Bogor, Indonesia; Nairobi, Kenya; Bonn, Germany
UR - https://www.cifor-icraf.org/knowledge/publication/46420/
KW - cattle, cocoa (plant), coffee, deforestation, equity, gender, indigenous peoples, local communities, oil palms, rubber, soy, value chains, wood
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%T Aligning opportunities toward deforestation-free and socially responsible products
%A Linden, H.
%A Gallagher, E.J.
%A Liswanti, N.
%A Mello, D.
%A Vallejo, E.
%D 2026
%I CIFOR-ICRAF and GIZ
%C Bogor, Indonesia; Nairobi, Kenya; Bonn, Germany
%U https://www.cifor-icraf.org/knowledge/publication/46420/
%X Key messages
The European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is a gender- and equity-neutral instrument, placing the responsibility for human rights protections within the legal frameworks of producing countries or international commitments to ensure equitable outcomes in the transition to deforestation-free agriculture.
This information brief presents the results of a desk study validated across three countries and applied in a Training of Trainers (ToT) on the gendered and social dimensions of EUDR and relevant national legislation, risks to women and other marginalized actors in the supply chains, as well as opportunities for leveraging the EUDR for more equitable inclusion and benefit sharing.
Women, youth, Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLCs), and other social-identity groups are active in all the priority value chains (cocoa, coffee, natural rubber, oil palm, soy, cattle and wood products), yet their roles are often invisible, informal, and precarious, limiting their capacities to participate in transitioning markets. Harnessing opportunities through the due diligence processes can help mitigate this risk.
We identify four strategic pathways for enhancing gender equity and intersectional inclusion in EUDR: Stakeholder engagement along with legal, data and market empowerment.
%K cattle
%K cocoa (plant)
%K coffee
%K deforestation
%K equity
%K gender
%K indigenous peoples
%K local communities
%K oil palms
%K rubber
%K soy
%K value chains
%K wood
Publisher
CIFOR-ICRAF and GIZ: Bogor, Indonesia; Nairobi, Kenya; Bonn, Germany
Année de publication
2026
Auteurs
Linden, H.; Gallagher, E.J.; Liswanti, N.; Mello, D.; Vallejo, E.
Langue
English
Mots clés
cattle, cocoa (plant), coffee, deforestation, equity, gender, indigenous peoples, local communities, oil palms, rubber, soy, value chains, wood
