Ursula Brunner
Swiss fair trade activist (1925-2017) · Switzerland · On the map · Activists · Died at 92
Ursula Brunner was a Swiss politician and advocate of fair trade. Known as the head of the Bananenfrauen movement, she raised public awareness about the adverse conditions in some of the countries that produced goods for export to Switzerland, with the example of bananas.
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Her work drove Swiss retailers to add a surcharge of 15 centimes per kilogram on Chiquita and Dole bananas, which was in effect between 1974 and 1985 and was used to finance social aid projects in Latin America. In 1986, Brunner and the Bananenfrauen entered the market themselves by importing bananas from Nicaragua with the aim of providing a fairer alternative product. She served on the Grossrat of Thurgau for The Liberals (FDP) during 1975-1976 and 1978-1984. Brunner wrote three books: Bananas: A Citizens' Initiative for the Third World (1976), Bananenfrauen (1999), and Peaceful and Resistant: Women for Peace Switzerland (2006).
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