A woman picks coffee cherries at a farm in the Huila region of southwestern Colombia. 

A woman picks coffee cherries at a farm in the Huila region of southwestern Colombia. 

Photographer: Fernanda Pineda/Bloomberg

From Bean to Cup, Colombian Women Are Taking On the Coffee Patriarchy

But limited access to credit and other barriers are still thwarting their full participation in the South American country’s prized industry.

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The lush coffee trees that blanket the misty hills of the Huila region in southwestern Colombia bear witness to a struggle.