The afternoon sun beats down on Lake Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where on an island, row after row of coffee bushes are bringing forth a rich harvest of berries. And the main beneficiaries will be women -- the outcome of an equity project in a sector where women are notoriously sidelined and under-paid.

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