'Men are here so we don't have to be': tackling sexism in India

Marcatus QED hopes its films will engage Indian farming communities and help empower women

India's attitude towards women - exemplified by its handling of rape cases and the deeply rooted stigma attached to the victims - has provoked international outrage. It's a country in which women struggle to be heard. But Marcatus QED, a global agri-food solutions company, has come up with a way of giving women a stronger voice.

The company - which works with producers contracting 18,000 smallholder farmer families across its gherkin supply chain in south India - has teamed up with a range of organisations, including NGOs Oxfam and Digital Green and the Indian consultancy Centre for Knowledge Societies, to design a culturally appropriate training programme.