LET'S SHAPE THE FUTURE OF CACAO TOGETHER
Learn from women leaders across the entire cocoa supply chain: farmers, chocolatiers, scientists, educators, and entrepreneurs. Watch the Summit recordings, join the monthly workshops, and become part of the community.
MAKING WOMEN’S WORK IN CACAO VISIBLE.
Over 20,000 participants across more than 100 countries and over 120 speakers since 2024. Sessions in Spanish and English.
workshop
22 OCT - 5:30pm ET, 90min
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Una exploración del cacao como patrimonio biocultural, donde la ciencia, la cosmovisión andino-amazónica y la preparación tradicional se unen para comprender la planta y la transformación humana.
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An exploration of cacao as biocultural heritage, where science, Andean-Amazonian worldviews, and traditional preparation come together to understand the plant and human transformation. description
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From September 17 to 20, thousands of people joined four days of conversations with the women shaping the future of cacao. The sessions are waiting for you.
A year of learning and community.
Keep building connections, exchanging knowledge, and growing alongside other women who are shaping the future of cacao.
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WOMEN OF CACAO
2026 SPEAKERS
Zoi Papalexandratou
Liora Omer
Andal Balu (Cocoa Town)
Ayissi Nyemba
Cui Lan Zhang
Chloé Doutre-Roussel
Naailah Ali
Silvina Pastorutti
Fiorella Richter
Birgitte Rasine
Diana Marcano
Dominique Zuniga
Geneviève & Bhavani
Mayari Castellanos
Maura Sacach
Sonia Lua
CHACOLAKO
Kalena Trow
Kristy Leissle
SALLY HUAPAYA
SHIRLEY LUM
India Mayorga
Equal Exchange
ROMI BURKS
Kalena Trow
Olivia Wu
Rosário Cunha
PAULA NAVARETTE
JHOANNA (ALISOS)
Kayla Locascio
Zulay Poggy
Lauren Adler
KELLY (ALISOS)
Emily Stone
FLOR (ALISOS)
Ava J Holmes
Leslie (IX)
Jaqueline Ávila & Renato Gordillo
Diana Carolina Huamán Hinostroza
Laura Bechard
Mariana Bandera
Alicia Florentín
Idwe & Wabaksekwe
Chiara Misci
Raisa Torres
Lilian Nonzala
Julia Butac
Pamela Esquivel
Sanna Forslund
Gabriella Szabo
Marita Luger
Kristy Leissle
Silvana Gutierrez Castelli
Jenny Checo
Maricel Precilla
Lorain Antaneda
Wendy Arenas
Wilma Ku
Diana Godoy
Lou Anne Peroux
WOMEN OF CACAO
2024-2025
SOPHIA REA
LILLA TOTH
FLORENCIA FRIDMAN
PAULA NAVARRETE
IXQUIK LOPEZ ZAVALA
SANNA FORSLUND
SARAH BHARATH
MARCY NORTON
FIORELLA RICHTER
ANDREA CAMACHO
IX (LESLIE)
AVA J HOLMES
ROSAURA LAURA
LYNETTE ATKISSON
ESTELLE TRACY
MACKENZIE RIVERS
MINDY YANG
ERIN ANDREWS
LAURA VERGARA
KATHRYN SAMPECK
DANIELA MIRANDA
FARHANA SU
CARLA MARTIN
LORENA VARGAS
MARIANA BANDERA
INDIA MAYORGA
AMMA CACAO
MARIA GABRIELA FIGUEROA
CACAO SOURCE PROCESSING TEAM
CAROLINA WARD
RAVEN HANNA
GENEVIEVE LAZAR
MARICEL PRECILLA
LAURENCE TREMBLAY
VANADIS PHUMPIU
ALEJANDRA NARANJO
CAROLINE LUBBERS
LUCIANA MONTEIRO
LORENA GALASSO
DIA AMOR CACAO
SONIA LUA
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