This document discusses using a gender lens to enhance maternal and child health social enterprises in Africa. It introduces the Synergy research project team which includes gender specialists. It explains that the project will conduct a gender assessment, training, and develop a gender strategy. This will help identify key gender issues, constraints women and children face, and include recommendations for improved gender integration. The conceptual model aims to focus on social and gendered dimensions in the research design, methods, and emerging findings to enhance maternal and child health enterprises through a gender lens.

1. How can a Gender Lens Enhance Maternal and Child Health Social
Enterprises in Africa
Dr. Jenipher Musoke, BRAC Africa
Dr. Kevin McKague, Cape Breton University
Sarah Harrison, Canada

2. Synergy Research:
How Can a Gender Lens Enhance MCH Social Enterprises in Africa?
Origins of our gender focus
• Expert reviewer feedback on initial IMCHA proposal
• Brought on Sarah Harrison, Gender Equality Specialist
• Designed gender assessment, training and strategy development process
for May, 2017

3. Focus on Gender in IMCHA Research Project
Gender Assessment
• Identify key gender issues in the project
• Constraints and opportunities that women,
men and children face
• Lit review, interviews, focus groups
Gender Training
• Workshop with staff on why gender is
important in our project
Gender Strategy
• Including recommendations for improved
gender integration

4. Synergy Grant Team
• Sarah Harrison, Gender
Equality Specialist
• Dr. Jenipher Musoke, Director
of Research, BRAC Africa
• Kevin McKague, Associate
Professor of Social
Entrepreneurship, Shannon
School of Business, Cape
Breton University
• Jill McPherson, CBU
Advisory Committee
• Dr. Asha George, Assistant
Professor, Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School
• Dr. Sharmila Mhtare, Expert in
Health Systems Strengthening
• Dr. Odwa Atari, Associate
Professor of Health Geography

5. How Can a
Gender Lens
Enhance
Maternal and
Child Health
Social
Enterprises in
Africa?
Conceptual
Model

6. How can a Gender Lens Enhance Maternal and Child Health Social
Enterprises in Africa
Dr. Jenipher Musoke, BRAC Africa
Dr. Kevin McKague, Cape Breton University
Sarah Harrison, Canada

7. • Below are the original template slides
forwarded by IDRC

8. Focus on Gender and Equity in IMCHA
Research Project
Social and Gendered Focus in Research Design/Objectives
Social and Gendered Dimensions of Research Methods, Field Work
and Questions in Research Tools

9. Current/Emerging Social and Gendered Research
Findings
Focus on Gender and Equity in IMCHA
Research Project