One of the things I love about Re:co Symposium is the opportunity to meet some awesome people, like Aleida Stone. Aleida was also a Re:co fellow this past year and did some pretty amazing research in Rwanda on women coffee producers. I'm not going to spend many words explaining it because The Little Black Coffee Cup did a fantastic and extensive interview on Aleida and her research here.
Her thesis is not available online as of yet, but Aleida will gladly send you a copy, and I highly recommend giving it a read, if you contact her at aleida.stone@gmail.com.