ILRI began focusing on gender issues in 2002 by commissioning a gender audit to assess capacity and challenges. In 2005, a gender task force was formed to address issues identified in the audit. The first gender and livestock scientist was hired in 2008 to build a global gender research agenda and mainstream gender perspectives throughout the organization.

1. Gender awareness, principles and ethics at ILRI
Capacity growth and recognition
Gender task force
First gender efforts
Misconception about gender
Gender audit Task force Challenge First gender and livestock Gender-focused
Lack of capacity
commissioned formed dialogue scientist hired grants
THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF YEARS BETWEEN KEY EVENTS
ILRI wide gender
2002 Gender research strategy strategy developed
2006 2009
2010
2005 2008
2011
The institute in this year hired Jemimah Njuki,
a Kenyan sociologist to begin to build a global
Audit commissioned with the support of and credible gender and livestock research
the Participatory Research and Gender agenda, start to mobilize resources for this
Analysis Program of the CGIAR led by agenda and to work on mainstreaming
Ralph Rootheart and Maria Mulindi. gender-equitable perspectives and policies
throughout the organization itself.
Led by Patti Kristjanson, this dialogue brought together about 200
professionals in research, non-governmental and private-sector organizations
to begin to hammer out a coherent research agenda on global women and
livestock issues.