Gender research update and ways
forward: Egypt and Bangladesh
Paula Kantor (WorldFish)
Livestock and Fish Gender Team Meeting
Ascoli Piceno, Italy, 15-16 September 2014

Egypt

2014 gender research
IEIDEAS project closing; Aswan project starting now
• Documenting models and learning from retailer work
• Retailer gender analysis: informality ‘trumps’ gender in
many ways; time available is key consistent gender
difference
– Results influence approach in next phase – work with
men too! Enhance attention to gender vs women
• Consumer study on role of fish in poor people’s diets
• Diagnosis in Aswan to start: focus on people, poor, youth,
women as well as fish & technologies
– Opportunity for WorldFish-Egypt

Issues, challenges…
• CARE’s approach, staffing issues, contractor versus
partner
– Link into Pathways project? Shift to women’s rights
team
• Social science staffing in WF Egypt
– Aswan diagnosis…
• Funding constraints in 2015: CARE’s work will be limited

Thoughts for 2015-16: Research and capacities
• Refine and test retailer models & prepare for scaling in 2016
– New proposals for retailer work : priority
– Innovation platform work related to policy issues (informality)
• Aquaculture VCA done with greater focus on people & fish –
more detail in retailer, trader, consumer nodes (test GTA tools)
– Link to ‘diagnose’ phase in SASI: tools, gender integration
– Design GTA integrated best bets for 2016
• ME&L framework contextualized
• Initiate research stream on nutrition (nutrition strategy)
• Need to bring in & develop social science & gender capacity
– Post doc Ghana/Egypt: gender & value chains; KIT?

Bangladesh

2014 gender research
L&F VC work initiated in 2014, focusing in SW Bangladesh
• Diagnosis-heavy year:
– Benchmarking/SGA on gender norms and agriculture
innovation (report in 2015; feed into R4D design)
– Gender and AQ technology adoption study: homestead
ponds (technology x methodology variations; partnerships)
• Report & journal article
– Gender analysis of fish seed sector (report, R4D design)
– Testing of GTA VCA tools (Paper? R4D design in 2015) – where
to focus this?
• Consumer study on place of fish in the diets of poor (GIZ)
• Proposal development with KIT based on tech flagship
options

Issues, challenges…
• FTE & capacity levels to deliver on the range of work we
could do
– Loss of some players (short term & long term) -
transitions
+ Commitment from L&F and AIN to jointly fund nat’l
gender specialist
+ Interesting partners to work with on gender integration
• AIN entry points for gender integration: a slow dance
– Link to KIT helpful here!

Thoughts for 2015-16: Research & capacities
• Plan for and deliver cross-technology flagship socio-econ
assessment (2015-16): review existing info, fill gaps
– Contribute to diagnosis & evidence base
• Gender analysis of feed sector
• Design and implement R4D on GTA integrated packages
– Implement result of Nov proposal development meeting
– Stakeholder event with partners to design GTAs,
• Funds needed – empowerment/GTA concept note
– Commonality across VCs in GTA packages? BCC?
• Expand nutrition research agenda (nutrition strategy)

Thoughts for 2015-16: Research & capacities
• Contextualize ME&L framework
• Gender integrated VC research design (multi-disc team) on
process of VC transformation and its gendered aspects
(2015-16)
– How much of this is in ME&L framework? What needs to
be added?
• Gendered perceptions of ownership study
– Draft proposal and raise funds
• KIT inputs are essential to making all of this happen, with
concurrent capacity development

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