Gender indicators for women’s empowerment strategies in water and food securi...Global Water Partnership
Presentation made by Dr Alice M. Bouman-Dentener , President of the Woman for Water Partnership, World Water Week, August 26-31, 2012, Stockholm, Sweden
Training Session 4 – Bergman-Lodin – Intro to Global Study on Innovation in Ag IAg4HealthNutrition
Training Session 4: Global Study on Gender Norms and Capacities to Innovate in Agriculture
Johanna Bergman-Lodin
Intro to Global Study on Innovation in Ag I
Gender indicators and sex disaggregated datanavaneetarath
Collecting and analyzing sex-disaggregated data is important for integrating gender in research and policy. It allows researchers to identify quantitative differences between women and men in areas like health status, education levels, employment and income. Without sex-disaggregated data, the unique needs of different gender groups may be overlooked. National and international organizations have recognized the importance of gender indicators and statistics since the 1970s. Proper methods are needed to ensure sex-disaggregated data is collected and analyzed accurately and addresses the experiences of both women and men.
This document summarizes a study on the feminization of agriculture in Nepal and its implications for food security. The study examined the causes and consequences of more women taking on agricultural work due to male migration for work. The main causes identified were cultural expectations for men to provide financially, attractive off-farm job opportunities for men abroad and locally, and agriculture becoming less rewarding for men. This mass migration of men has led to consequences like an increased workload for women, land abandonment, and decreased food production, threatening food security. The study calls for deeper analysis of gender roles and more gender-sensitive policies and technologies to address these agricultural injustices and food insecurity issues.
1) The document discusses a study on women's perceptions of empowerment among those involved in onion value chain development activities in northern Tanzania.
2) The study used qualitative research methods like focus groups, interviews, and case studies to understand how women define and experience empowerment in social and economic contexts through their participation in the onion industry.
3) The study found that women associate empowerment with increases in income, confidence, awareness of rights, and participation in decision making, though cultural attitudes can still present barriers.
Power of partnership conference: Presentation: Mapping poverty dynamics thoug...The Impact Initiative
This document summarizes a study that examines how small farmers and rural workers in Tamil Nadu, India and Machakos County, Kenya have experienced changes in poverty levels through socio-ecological relations and agricultural technologies associated with Green Revolutions. The study uses life histories and narratives to understand diverse pathways into and out of poverty. It also analyzes how agricultural reforms intersect with rural poverty alleviation efforts and shapes inequalities and political participation of small farmers and rural workers.
Gender indicators for women’s empowerment strategies in water and food securi...Global Water Partnership
Presentation made by Dr Alice M. Bouman-Dentener , President of the Woman for Water Partnership, World Water Week, August 26-31, 2012, Stockholm, Sweden
Training Session 4 – Bergman-Lodin – Intro to Global Study on Innovation in Ag IAg4HealthNutrition
Training Session 4: Global Study on Gender Norms and Capacities to Innovate in Agriculture
Johanna Bergman-Lodin
Intro to Global Study on Innovation in Ag I
Gender indicators and sex disaggregated datanavaneetarath
Collecting and analyzing sex-disaggregated data is important for integrating gender in research and policy. It allows researchers to identify quantitative differences between women and men in areas like health status, education levels, employment and income. Without sex-disaggregated data, the unique needs of different gender groups may be overlooked. National and international organizations have recognized the importance of gender indicators and statistics since the 1970s. Proper methods are needed to ensure sex-disaggregated data is collected and analyzed accurately and addresses the experiences of both women and men.
This document summarizes a study on the feminization of agriculture in Nepal and its implications for food security. The study examined the causes and consequences of more women taking on agricultural work due to male migration for work. The main causes identified were cultural expectations for men to provide financially, attractive off-farm job opportunities for men abroad and locally, and agriculture becoming less rewarding for men. This mass migration of men has led to consequences like an increased workload for women, land abandonment, and decreased food production, threatening food security. The study calls for deeper analysis of gender roles and more gender-sensitive policies and technologies to address these agricultural injustices and food insecurity issues.
1) The document discusses a study on women's perceptions of empowerment among those involved in onion value chain development activities in northern Tanzania.
2) The study used qualitative research methods like focus groups, interviews, and case studies to understand how women define and experience empowerment in social and economic contexts through their participation in the onion industry.
3) The study found that women associate empowerment with increases in income, confidence, awareness of rights, and participation in decision making, though cultural attitudes can still present barriers.
Power of partnership conference: Presentation: Mapping poverty dynamics thoug...The Impact Initiative
This document summarizes a study that examines how small farmers and rural workers in Tamil Nadu, India and Machakos County, Kenya have experienced changes in poverty levels through socio-ecological relations and agricultural technologies associated with Green Revolutions. The study uses life histories and narratives to understand diverse pathways into and out of poverty. It also analyzes how agricultural reforms intersect with rural poverty alleviation efforts and shapes inequalities and political participation of small farmers and rural workers.
This research paper analyzes women's participation in the Panchayati Raj system of local self-government in West Bengal, India. The researcher conducted secondary research to examine two key government policies - decentralization of governance and land reforms - that have empowered women. The findings show that women self-help groups have encouraged women to participate in politics. Since 1993, a one-third reservation for women has been in place for municipal bodies. While women's representation has increased, particularly for marginalized groups, their attendance at panchayat sessions remains inconsistent. The conclusion is that with more training, most women will continue to successfully serve as community leaders.
Women's Rights and Gender Equality : Impressive Gains and Staggering Failures...Gender at Work .
This document discusses gender inequality and discrimination globally and provides examples of programs aimed at challenging them. It first provides context on how gender is a social construct that allocates unequal duties and rewards. It then discusses two case studies: 1) A Dalit women's accountability program in India that increased women's participation in employment programs and challenged stereotypes. 2) A women farm workers trade union in South Africa that worked to develop women leaders and an inclusive culture despite entrenched patriarchal norms. The gender at work framework aims to uncover and transform discriminatory structures through reflection, collective action, and building accountability.
This document summarizes women's roles in fisheries and seafood industries in Sri Lanka. It finds that women represent a significant portion of workers in fisheries and seafood processing worldwide, including over 50 million engaged in fisheries. In Sri Lanka, women play key roles in small-scale fisheries through activities like net mending, sorting catches, and marketing, as well as in seafood processing plants where they make up over 90% of workers. Women are also involved in aquaculture activities and have taken on a large role in industries like seaweed culture and crab fattening. However, the document notes women are underrepresented in decision-making roles and have less access to resources and leadership positions. It calls for policies
Gender in Agriculture for Nutrition and HealthIFPRI-PIM
This poster was presented by Hazel Malapit (A4NH / IFPRI) for the pre-Annual Scientific Conference meeting organized for the CGIAR research program gender research coordinators on 4 December.
The annual scientific conference of the CGIAR collaborative platform for gender research took place on 5-6 December 2017 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where the Platform is hosted (by KIT Royal Tropical Institute).
Read more: http://gender.cgiar.org/gender_events/annual-scientific-conference-capacity-development-workshop-cgiar-collaborative-platform-gender-research/
Gender and Aquaculture: Equity and Empowerment in the Fisheries and Aquacultu...WorldFish
The document discusses the need for gender-transformative approaches to aquaculture. Recent studies show that while targeting women with technologies can provide benefits, social and gender relations shape adoption and use. Gender-integrated approaches that do not address underlying inequities limit sustainability. True empowerment requires challenging social norms through participatory action research, consciousness-raising, and supporting collective action and networks to foster dynamic, multiscale change.
Gender dynamics in value chains: Beyond production node and a single commodit...IFPRI-PIM
1. Women have less decision-making power and asset ownership compared to men, especially in intensive value chains.
2. Intensive value chains use more purchased inputs like fertilizers and hired labor, resulting in higher yields. However, extension services mainly target men.
3. Women do most of the labor in crop establishment and post-harvest handling while men do more field management.
4. Controlling for other factors, sweet potato yields are lower on female-managed farms compared to male-managed farms, indicating a gender productivity gap.
PTD deals with natural resources management by strengthening the local indigenous specialists and their communities to carry out experiments in becoming more sustainable and self reliant through drawing on their local resources.
Gender Responsive RAS AFAAS - FARA Scoping Studies 2015- AFAAS
This document summarizes the key findings from gender scoping studies conducted in 7 African countries on improving gender responsiveness in rural advisory services. The main points are:
1) Smallholder agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa is traditionally practiced and organized along gendered lines, with women responsible for nutrition and food security and men for income generation.
2) For rural advisory services to effectively address gender inequalities, they must become gender responsive and transform social norms.
3) A proposed roadmap includes operationalizing existing gender policies, building understanding of gender equality, promoting gender-sensitive technologies, empowering women's groups, and transforming unequal gender dynamics in smallholder agriculture.
Women in the economic and social development of their counties and communitiesDr Lendy Spires
The document provides background information on a study examining the working conditions of women employees in the informal sector in Kampala, Uganda. Specifically, it focuses on the catering activity within Owino Market.
It describes Owino Market as Kampala's largest market with over 5,000 stalls. The catering activity employs exclusively women in small, poorly equipped stalls. The study aims to explore the employee-employer relationship, how women balance work and family responsibilities, and ways to increase their bargaining power. It uses interviews, observations and secondary sources to examine how factors like age, education and family status influence working conditions.
Pre-conference meeting. Gender Research Coordinators and Center RepresentativesCGIAR
This document summarizes the discussions from a pre-conference meeting of the CGIAR Collaborative Platform on Gender Research. The objectives of the meeting were to: 1) share experiences on CRP Gender Strategies, 2) work towards a collective CGIAR gender research framework, and 3) introduce a gender integration game. The agenda included presentations on CRP gender plans, mapping CGIAR gender research, and exploring common ground and differences across the gender landscape. Breakout sessions focused on linking gender research to the Sustainable Development Goals and introducing a serious game on gender integration.
Pre-conference meeting - Gender Research Coordinators and Center representativesIFPRI-PIM
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This presentation was given by Rhiannon Pyburn (KIT), as part of the pre-conference meeting to the Annual Scientific Conference hosted by the CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research. The conference took place on 5-6 December 2017 and this pre-meeting on 4 December 2017 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where the Platform is hosted (by KIT Royal Tropical Institute).
Read more: http://gender.cgiar.org/gender_events/annual-scientific-conference-capacity-development-workshop-cgiar-collaborative-platform-gender-research/
This document summarizes the work of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) related to gender and social inclusion. It outlines CCAFS' goal of ensuring rural women, youth and vulnerable groups benefit from efforts to reduce poverty, increase environmental resilience, improve food security and nutrition. Key strategies discussed include undertaking research to inform climate-smart solutions that do not increase women's workloads, increase women and youth's control over assets/resources, and promote their participation in decision making. The document also identifies knowledge gaps around gender differences in access to information, institutions, finance and decision making regarding climate-smart agriculture.
Strategy and plan of action for mainstreaming gender in ILRIILRI
1. Women comprise 43% of the agricultural workforce in developing countries and account for two-thirds of the world's 600 million poor livestock keepers. However, women have limited access to extension services, technologies, and markets.
2. Integrating gender considerations throughout the project cycle, from design to implementation to evaluation, is important for ensuring gender equality and equity outcomes.
3. ILRI aims to mainstream gender in its organizational structure, research, and partnerships to promote equality of opportunities and outcomes for women and men in the livestock sector. Key areas of focus include documenting gender evidence, collecting sex-disaggregated data, and strategic research on topics like gender and value
This document discusses gender and social inclusion (GSI) in CCAFS projects. It addresses the CCAFS GSI strategy, which takes three main approaches: examining vulnerabilities, promoting gender transformation, and strengthening institutions. It identifies knowledge gaps around what works for empowering women in climate-smart agriculture. These include understanding gender roles in labor and benefits, the role of women's groups, and indigenous knowledge. The document also discusses integrating GSI in areas like climate information services, policy, finance, and working with youth. Overall, it aims to better understand how to promote social inclusion, particularly for women, in climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts.
Gender transformation in climate-smart agriculture: A framework for actionCGIAR
This presentation was given by Sophia Huyer (CCAFS), as part of the Annual Gender Scientific Conference hosted by the CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research. The event took place on 25-27 September 2018 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, hosted by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and co-organized with KIT Royal Tropical Institute.
Read more: http://gender.cgiar.org/gender_events/annual-conference-2018/
1. There is a gender gap in climate-smart agriculture as it relates to access to resources, information, and decision making. Women are often neglected by climate services and have less capacity to implement climate adaptation practices in agriculture.
2. More evidence is needed on gender differences in roles and impacts, and on participatory approaches, women's organizations, and indigenous knowledge related to climate-smart agriculture.
3. Institutions and services need to better meet women's needs, as they tend to interact more with informal networks while men have greater access to formal institutions. The role of information and how to serve women better requires more understanding.
This poster was presented by Lone Badstue (MAIZE / WHEAT / CIMMYT) for the pre-Annual Scientific Conference meeting organized for the CGIAR research program gender research coordinators on 4 December.
The annual scientific conference of the CGIAR collaborative platform for gender research took place on 5-6 December 2017 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where the Platform is hosted (by KIT Royal Tropical Institute).
Read more: http://gender.cgiar.org/gender_events/annual-scientific-conference-capacity-development-workshop-cgiar-collaborative-platform-gender-research/
Gender equality and social inclusion in WHEAT CGIAR
The document discusses gender integration in the Wheat Research for Development (WHEAT) program. It notes that farming takes place within complex social relationships that are often gendered. The WHEAT program recognizes this and aims to understand how gender affects areas like technology adoption and project outcomes to contribute to equality of opportunities and outcomes among small-scale farmers. It outlines WHEAT's two-pronged gender strategy of integrating gender research into technical areas and conducting specific gender research. Key research questions are provided for each flagship program area to ensure gender perspectives are incorporated.
This document summarizes a presentation on applying a gender and social inclusion lens to a project aiming to improve cassava production systems and value chains in Southeast Asia. It outlines that the project will examine how interventions can ensure both men and women farmers benefit, contribute to gender equality, and provide opportunities for youth entrepreneurship. Key evidence gaps are identified around gender issues in cassava systems in Southeast Asia. Methods are proposed to collect sex-disaggregated data and conduct gender-sensitive value chain analyses and economic experiments to better understand gender roles, constraints, and opportunities in cassava value chains.
Disrupting Institutional Rules & Organizational Practices for Women's Rights ...Gender at Work .
Aruna Rao presented at the London School of Economics on January 24, 2014. She discussed Gender at Work, an international collaborative committed to building organizational cultures of equality and social justice, especially gender equality. Formed in 1999, Gender at Work provides capacity building and consulting services to help organizations challenge underlying structures that perpetuate gender inequality. Rao discussed analyzing institutions and organizations to uncover power dynamics and cultural norms that maintain inequality below the surface. She provided examples of work empowering women farmers and supporting women-led unions in challenging discrimination.
This research paper analyzes women's participation in the Panchayati Raj system of local self-government in West Bengal, India. The researcher conducted secondary research to examine two key government policies - decentralization of governance and land reforms - that have empowered women. The findings show that women self-help groups have encouraged women to participate in politics. Since 1993, a one-third reservation for women has been in place for municipal bodies. While women's representation has increased, particularly for marginalized groups, their attendance at panchayat sessions remains inconsistent. The conclusion is that with more training, most women will continue to successfully serve as community leaders.
Women's Rights and Gender Equality : Impressive Gains and Staggering Failures...Gender at Work .
This document discusses gender inequality and discrimination globally and provides examples of programs aimed at challenging them. It first provides context on how gender is a social construct that allocates unequal duties and rewards. It then discusses two case studies: 1) A Dalit women's accountability program in India that increased women's participation in employment programs and challenged stereotypes. 2) A women farm workers trade union in South Africa that worked to develop women leaders and an inclusive culture despite entrenched patriarchal norms. The gender at work framework aims to uncover and transform discriminatory structures through reflection, collective action, and building accountability.
This document summarizes women's roles in fisheries and seafood industries in Sri Lanka. It finds that women represent a significant portion of workers in fisheries and seafood processing worldwide, including over 50 million engaged in fisheries. In Sri Lanka, women play key roles in small-scale fisheries through activities like net mending, sorting catches, and marketing, as well as in seafood processing plants where they make up over 90% of workers. Women are also involved in aquaculture activities and have taken on a large role in industries like seaweed culture and crab fattening. However, the document notes women are underrepresented in decision-making roles and have less access to resources and leadership positions. It calls for policies
Gender in Agriculture for Nutrition and HealthIFPRI-PIM
This poster was presented by Hazel Malapit (A4NH / IFPRI) for the pre-Annual Scientific Conference meeting organized for the CGIAR research program gender research coordinators on 4 December.
The annual scientific conference of the CGIAR collaborative platform for gender research took place on 5-6 December 2017 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where the Platform is hosted (by KIT Royal Tropical Institute).
Read more: http://gender.cgiar.org/gender_events/annual-scientific-conference-capacity-development-workshop-cgiar-collaborative-platform-gender-research/
Gender and Aquaculture: Equity and Empowerment in the Fisheries and Aquacultu...WorldFish
The document discusses the need for gender-transformative approaches to aquaculture. Recent studies show that while targeting women with technologies can provide benefits, social and gender relations shape adoption and use. Gender-integrated approaches that do not address underlying inequities limit sustainability. True empowerment requires challenging social norms through participatory action research, consciousness-raising, and supporting collective action and networks to foster dynamic, multiscale change.
Gender dynamics in value chains: Beyond production node and a single commodit...IFPRI-PIM
1. Women have less decision-making power and asset ownership compared to men, especially in intensive value chains.
2. Intensive value chains use more purchased inputs like fertilizers and hired labor, resulting in higher yields. However, extension services mainly target men.
3. Women do most of the labor in crop establishment and post-harvest handling while men do more field management.
4. Controlling for other factors, sweet potato yields are lower on female-managed farms compared to male-managed farms, indicating a gender productivity gap.
PTD deals with natural resources management by strengthening the local indigenous specialists and their communities to carry out experiments in becoming more sustainable and self reliant through drawing on their local resources.
Gender Responsive RAS AFAAS - FARA Scoping Studies 2015- AFAAS
This document summarizes the key findings from gender scoping studies conducted in 7 African countries on improving gender responsiveness in rural advisory services. The main points are:
1) Smallholder agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa is traditionally practiced and organized along gendered lines, with women responsible for nutrition and food security and men for income generation.
2) For rural advisory services to effectively address gender inequalities, they must become gender responsive and transform social norms.
3) A proposed roadmap includes operationalizing existing gender policies, building understanding of gender equality, promoting gender-sensitive technologies, empowering women's groups, and transforming unequal gender dynamics in smallholder agriculture.
Women in the economic and social development of their counties and communitiesDr Lendy Spires
The document provides background information on a study examining the working conditions of women employees in the informal sector in Kampala, Uganda. Specifically, it focuses on the catering activity within Owino Market.
It describes Owino Market as Kampala's largest market with over 5,000 stalls. The catering activity employs exclusively women in small, poorly equipped stalls. The study aims to explore the employee-employer relationship, how women balance work and family responsibilities, and ways to increase their bargaining power. It uses interviews, observations and secondary sources to examine how factors like age, education and family status influence working conditions.
Pre-conference meeting. Gender Research Coordinators and Center RepresentativesCGIAR
This document summarizes the discussions from a pre-conference meeting of the CGIAR Collaborative Platform on Gender Research. The objectives of the meeting were to: 1) share experiences on CRP Gender Strategies, 2) work towards a collective CGIAR gender research framework, and 3) introduce a gender integration game. The agenda included presentations on CRP gender plans, mapping CGIAR gender research, and exploring common ground and differences across the gender landscape. Breakout sessions focused on linking gender research to the Sustainable Development Goals and introducing a serious game on gender integration.
Pre-conference meeting - Gender Research Coordinators and Center representativesIFPRI-PIM
DIFFERENT
This presentation was given by Rhiannon Pyburn (KIT), as part of the pre-conference meeting to the Annual Scientific Conference hosted by the CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research. The conference took place on 5-6 December 2017 and this pre-meeting on 4 December 2017 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where the Platform is hosted (by KIT Royal Tropical Institute).
Read more: http://gender.cgiar.org/gender_events/annual-scientific-conference-capacity-development-workshop-cgiar-collaborative-platform-gender-research/
This document summarizes the work of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) related to gender and social inclusion. It outlines CCAFS' goal of ensuring rural women, youth and vulnerable groups benefit from efforts to reduce poverty, increase environmental resilience, improve food security and nutrition. Key strategies discussed include undertaking research to inform climate-smart solutions that do not increase women's workloads, increase women and youth's control over assets/resources, and promote their participation in decision making. The document also identifies knowledge gaps around gender differences in access to information, institutions, finance and decision making regarding climate-smart agriculture.
Strategy and plan of action for mainstreaming gender in ILRIILRI
1. Women comprise 43% of the agricultural workforce in developing countries and account for two-thirds of the world's 600 million poor livestock keepers. However, women have limited access to extension services, technologies, and markets.
2. Integrating gender considerations throughout the project cycle, from design to implementation to evaluation, is important for ensuring gender equality and equity outcomes.
3. ILRI aims to mainstream gender in its organizational structure, research, and partnerships to promote equality of opportunities and outcomes for women and men in the livestock sector. Key areas of focus include documenting gender evidence, collecting sex-disaggregated data, and strategic research on topics like gender and value
This document discusses gender and social inclusion (GSI) in CCAFS projects. It addresses the CCAFS GSI strategy, which takes three main approaches: examining vulnerabilities, promoting gender transformation, and strengthening institutions. It identifies knowledge gaps around what works for empowering women in climate-smart agriculture. These include understanding gender roles in labor and benefits, the role of women's groups, and indigenous knowledge. The document also discusses integrating GSI in areas like climate information services, policy, finance, and working with youth. Overall, it aims to better understand how to promote social inclusion, particularly for women, in climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts.
Gender transformation in climate-smart agriculture: A framework for actionCGIAR
This presentation was given by Sophia Huyer (CCAFS), as part of the Annual Gender Scientific Conference hosted by the CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research. The event took place on 25-27 September 2018 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, hosted by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and co-organized with KIT Royal Tropical Institute.
Read more: http://gender.cgiar.org/gender_events/annual-conference-2018/
1. There is a gender gap in climate-smart agriculture as it relates to access to resources, information, and decision making. Women are often neglected by climate services and have less capacity to implement climate adaptation practices in agriculture.
2. More evidence is needed on gender differences in roles and impacts, and on participatory approaches, women's organizations, and indigenous knowledge related to climate-smart agriculture.
3. Institutions and services need to better meet women's needs, as they tend to interact more with informal networks while men have greater access to formal institutions. The role of information and how to serve women better requires more understanding.
This poster was presented by Lone Badstue (MAIZE / WHEAT / CIMMYT) for the pre-Annual Scientific Conference meeting organized for the CGIAR research program gender research coordinators on 4 December.
The annual scientific conference of the CGIAR collaborative platform for gender research took place on 5-6 December 2017 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where the Platform is hosted (by KIT Royal Tropical Institute).
Read more: http://gender.cgiar.org/gender_events/annual-scientific-conference-capacity-development-workshop-cgiar-collaborative-platform-gender-research/
Gender equality and social inclusion in WHEAT CGIAR
The document discusses gender integration in the Wheat Research for Development (WHEAT) program. It notes that farming takes place within complex social relationships that are often gendered. The WHEAT program recognizes this and aims to understand how gender affects areas like technology adoption and project outcomes to contribute to equality of opportunities and outcomes among small-scale farmers. It outlines WHEAT's two-pronged gender strategy of integrating gender research into technical areas and conducting specific gender research. Key research questions are provided for each flagship program area to ensure gender perspectives are incorporated.
This document summarizes a presentation on applying a gender and social inclusion lens to a project aiming to improve cassava production systems and value chains in Southeast Asia. It outlines that the project will examine how interventions can ensure both men and women farmers benefit, contribute to gender equality, and provide opportunities for youth entrepreneurship. Key evidence gaps are identified around gender issues in cassava systems in Southeast Asia. Methods are proposed to collect sex-disaggregated data and conduct gender-sensitive value chain analyses and economic experiments to better understand gender roles, constraints, and opportunities in cassava value chains.
Disrupting Institutional Rules & Organizational Practices for Women's Rights ...Gender at Work .
Aruna Rao presented at the London School of Economics on January 24, 2014. She discussed Gender at Work, an international collaborative committed to building organizational cultures of equality and social justice, especially gender equality. Formed in 1999, Gender at Work provides capacity building and consulting services to help organizations challenge underlying structures that perpetuate gender inequality. Rao discussed analyzing institutions and organizations to uncover power dynamics and cultural norms that maintain inequality below the surface. She provided examples of work empowering women farmers and supporting women-led unions in challenging discrimination.
This document discusses building inclusive agriculture through strengthening gender equality in agricultural value chains. It provides background on gender relations and value chains, and advances that have been made in knowledge and guidance around promoting women's participation and empowerment. Lessons learned from research and practice are presented, focusing on filling data gaps, improving project design and implementation, and finding synergies between the two. The challenges ahead are outlined, including moving beyond stereotypes and supporting women across the entire value chain through entrepreneurship, addressing gender-based violence, and refining gender analysis methods.
The document discusses the establishment, mandate, objectives and thrust areas of the DRWA (Directorate of Research on Women in Agriculture). It was established in 1996 in Odisha to empower women in agriculture through gender mainstreaming. Its objectives include creating a gender database, testing technologies from a gender perspective, developing training modules, and publishing gender-sensitive materials. Key thrust areas are identifying gender issues, building a gender data bank, technology testing and refinement, and training module development. The central government helps such projects by implementing capacity building, ensuring participation of vulnerable groups, making administration responsive, and promoting sustainable development through women-men partnership.
Rhiannon Pyburn, Illiana Monterroso, Hazel Malapit, Katrina Kosec, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Jennifer Twyman, and Dina Najjar
POLICY SEMINAR
Crafting the Next Generation of CGIAR Gender Research
Co-Organized by the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets and IFPRI
OCT 30, 2019 - 12:15 PM TO 01:45 PM EDT
This research study examined gender perspectives on native potato production and marketing in the Central Andes of Peru. The objectives were to compare traditional and innovative native potato market chains from a gender lens, document worldviews and practices from producers' perspectives, and assess frameworks for future research. Key findings included that native potatoes are important for livelihoods and food security but commercialization poses challenges. Gender roles and relations influence agricultural activities. Lessons learned centered around using gender analysis across scales, ensuring women's full participation, and addressing socioeconomic barriers to innovation adoption.
Impacts of agricultural development projects on gender relations in farming h...futureagricultures
The document presents findings from a case study analyzing the impacts of agricultural development projects on gender relations in farming households in Blantyre rural, Malawi. It finds that while both the Agriculture Sector Wide Approach Program (ASWAP) and Irrigation, Rural Livelihoods and Agricultural Development Project (IRLADP) mention supporting women farmers, only ASWAP clearly articulated gender mainstreaming strategies and guidelines and had impacts such as improving women's participation in decision making, control over resources, and work responsibilities. The study recommends that to effectively mainstream gender, future project documents must clearly outline gender implementation plans and monitor impacts on local gender relations.
Catherine ragasa reaching women farmers with technology final july 14 2010IFPRI Gender
Women play a major role in agriculture in Africa, contributing 60-80% of food production, yet they face significant constraints in accessing resources like agricultural extension services, fertilizer, and credit. Targeting support to women farmers through approaches like increasing access to extension, improving fertilizer distribution methods, and strengthening land rights could increase agricultural productivity by 10-20% and have broader development benefits. For agricultural interventions to be effective for women, they need a holistic approach that is adapted to local gender roles and ensures women's meaningful participation and impact on incomes.
Gender and climate change adaptation in livestock production in TunisiaILRI
This study examined gender roles and climate change impacts in livestock management in Tunisia. It found that women play a larger role in grazing than policymakers recognize, doing so closer to home instead of overnight. Both men and women are negatively affected by rangeland degradation and water scarcity. The results were shared at a workshop on revising Tunisia's pastoral code, shifting perceptions among stakeholders and policymakers. Incorporating women's participation and needs into rangeland decisions and projects is key to sustainable and equitable resource use and intervention benefits. The study aims to continue informing upcoming policy and institutional reforms related to land governance and pastoral lands.
This document summarizes a study on gender mainstreaming in forest governance in Asia. The study analyzed policies and practices in Nepal, Thailand, and the Philippines. It found that while all three countries have adopted policies on gender equality and gender mainstreaming, Nepal has progressed the furthest in implementation. True gender mainstreaming requires going beyond just integrating women, to genuinely empowering women. It also requires addressing operational activities in addition to just institutional activities. Overcoming challenges requires making gender mainstreaming more transformative by conducting nuanced gender analysis and developing gender-sensitive staff.
This document summarizes the Dryland Systems Gender Strategy and Work Plan for implementing gender mainstreaming in the Dryland Systems CGIAR Research Program. It discusses the goals of promoting gender equity and reducing gender gaps. Key activities include mainstreaming gender within flagship technologies, undertaking strategic gender research, building gender awareness and capabilities, and integrating gender considerations into organizational structures, implementation, and the action plan. The strategy is aimed at making research and innovations more gender-aware and transformative to improve livelihoods and resilience for vulnerable households and communities.
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Vi Agroforestry is a Swedish non-profit foundation established in 1983 that works with local organizations in East Africa to empower smallholder farmers through sustainable agriculture practices like agroforestry. Its mission is to fight poverty and climate change by building farmer families' resilience through land management practices that enhance biodiversity and climate change mitigation while improving lives socially and economically. It focuses on smallholder farmer families, especially women, youth, and children, and promotes agroforestry, integrated pest management, and other techniques to strengthen food systems and agricultural livelihoods in a sustainable and inclusive manner.
Vi Agroforestry is a Swedish non-profit foundation established in 1983 that works with local organizations in East Africa to empower smallholder farmers through sustainable agriculture and agroforestry practices. Its mission is to fight poverty and climate change by building the resilience of smallholder farmer families through land management techniques while enhancing biodiversity and climate change mitigation. It focuses on farmer families, especially women, youth, and children, who experience food insecurity and the effects of climate change.
The SIANI Regional Network meeting discussed fava crackers in Ethiopia. Fava crackers are a $117.5 billion worldwide industry and $370 million in Ethiopia specifically. However, Ethiopia only has a 0.05% market share of $158K. The meeting featured presentations from the Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Product Officer, and Chief Business Development Officer on strategies to expand Ethiopia's market share of the fava cracker industry.
The document discusses the role of youth and small-scale businesses in transforming food systems in Africa. The Agripreneurship Alliance supports young entrepreneurs through training programs and grants. It has trained over 1250 entrepreneurs across Africa. Youth and small businesses can drive innovation, entrepreneurship, and sustainable practices in agriculture. They also support local food systems and rural development. Investment in youth and small businesses strengthens food security and employment.
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UN Food Systems Summit: Swedish National Dialogue Presentations (Morning Sess...SIANI
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The animal husbandry perspective: Managing animals and their excreta in low- ...SIANI
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2. Keeping livestock in close proximity to humans can spread zoonotic diseases through animal excreta. Many pathogens from livestock waste can infect and sicken humans.
3. Rapid urbanization is increasing demands for animal-sourced food but also contributes to disease risks as livestock and waste management in crowded urban areas spreads contamination. Proper sanitation and hygiene is needed to reduce health risks from urban livestock.
Importance of safe recycling of animal and human excreta SIANI
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Heritage Conservation.Strategies and Options for Preserving India HeritageJIT KUMAR GUPTA
Presentation looks at the role , relevance and importance of built and natural heritage, issues faced by heritage in the Indian context and options which can be leveraged to preserve and conserve the heritage.It also lists the challenges faced by the heritage due to rapid urbanisation, land speculation and commercialisation in the urban areas. In addition, ppt lays down the roadmap for the preservation, conservation and making value addition to the available heritage by making it integral part of the planning , designing and management of the human settlements.
Gender and Rural Entrepreneurship in Agricultural Value Chains
1. GENDER AND RURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN AGRICULTURAL
VALUE CHAINS: A case of citrus Fruits Value Chain Actors in Tanga Region, Tanzania
PhD proposal by
Merezia Wilson
2. INTRODUCTION Agriculture is the mainstay of Tanzania’s
economy.
• approximately 80% of the population depends
on small-scale agriculture for their livelihoods
(Agricultural Marketing Policy 2008).
• The agricultural labor force is women-intensive;
54% are women and 46% are men (FAO 2010).
Tanga region is the leading citrus fruits
producer in Tanzania with productivity of about
22.41 t/ha citrus fruits, (URT, 2003).
• Women account for only 24% vs men 76%
(Makorere, (2014)
From the literatures on gender and
entrepreneurship:
gender norms and practices and
Entrepreneurial processes
(Nguyen, Frederick, & Nguyen, (2014); Rutashobya, Allan, & Nilsson,
(2009); Spring & Rutashobya, (2009), Andersson, Lodin, & Chiwona-
karltun, (2016); Makorere, (2014); Njuki, Kaaria, Chamunorwa, & Chiuri,
(2011); Quisumbing et al., (2014), Korsgaard, Müllers, & Tanvig, (2015),
FAO, (2010); Welter, (2011) Calas et al, (2007).
3. RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
The aim of this study is to explore and analyze the impact of gender
norms and practices on women participation in CFVC and the resulting
counter-solution of entrepreneurial processes, specifically the study
aims:
1. To assess the gendered participation in citrus fruits value chain.
2. To explore how the prevailing gender norms and practices determine the
position of women along the chain.
3. To analyse how the women positions along the chain fairing in relation to
men in terms of the cost incurred and benefits received from the
participation along the chain
4. To develop our understanding of how women actors working with citrus
fruits engagement in entrepreneurial processes challenge the existing
structures in the value chain.
• Taking into account other contextual issues such as age, ethnicity and other social norms
and practices.
4. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
• Theoretical contribution to the board of knowledge regarding the
impact that gender norms and practices have placed on women
agency to participate in the agricultural value chain.
• Contribute on the ongoing debate on the impact of context in shaping
entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship
• Inform rural development policy makers as it forms a platform for
developing rural development policies which will take the gender and
contextual issues on board in bridging the local and national interests
more effectively.