Fair trade decolonial think - impulses from Africa

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Start Date: Sept. 22, 2025, 5:15 p.m.

End Date: Sept. 22, 2025, 7 p.m.

Rooms:

  • Patrice Lumumba Gallery

Cost: None

Registration Link: Link

Organizer: Forum Fairer Handel

Organizer Email: info@forum-fairer-handel.de

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Colonial continuities still shape world trade.But fair trade players set new impulses: The WFTO Africa, Middle East and Türkiye strengthens local markets and promotes sustainable development.

with:

Musa Mpofu , WFTO Africa, Middle East and Türkiye

dr.Boniface Mabanza , church work southern Africa in the workshop Economics/Heidelberg

Anna Schunck , bread for the world (moderation)

We discuss:

  • To what extent can fair trade be able to tackle unfair global economic and trade structures and colonial continuities- also in your own practice?
  • What role does the promotion of local and regional fair trade play for combating poverty and sustainable development in countries in the global south?How can its potential be strengthened?What experiences are there in the work of the WFTO Africa-Middle East?

A detailed invitation can be found here .