Deal #9769

Employment and Gender Disparity: The BaCaSi project highlighted job opportunities, particularly emphasizing the involvement of women and indigenous populations. However, the reality showed a significant gap between promises and actual job creation. For instance, only seventeen indigenous individuals were hired in March 2023, and many indigenous women hired on the planting site did not have formal employment contracts despite working for about a year​. Challenges for Women Farmers: Family farming in the Batéké Plateaux, primarily carried out by women, was severely affected. Women who grew cassava, groundnut, and yam faced loss of livelihoods due to the project's land use changes​. (pages 14 and 23 source: 5 - "Carbon offsetting at the cost of human rights").