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Gender diversity
The document discusses the role of gender, diversity, and equity in agricultural research for livestock development, particularly in Africa. It highlights the importance of applying a gender lens to improve livestock production and empower individuals, especially women, within the sector. The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) focuses on gender analysis to create equitable livestock-related solutions that meet diverse needs and aspirations.
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Gender diversity
- 1. Better lives throughlivestock Gender, diversity and equity in agricultural research for development: examples from Africa Isabelle Baltenweck and Alessandra Galiè Program Leader International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) i.Baltenweck@cgiar.org 9 December 2022
- 2. 2 International Livestock ResearchInstitute (ILRI) Vision: equitable and sustainable livelihood systems through livestock Goals: food and nutrition security; economic development and poverty reduction; human, animal and environmental health Focus: improved production; access to animal-source foods; equitable livestock value chains; access to animal vaccines; livestock & climate change
- 3. 3 ILRI is co-hostedby both the governments of Ethiopia and Kenya, with offices in 8 other countries in Africa (Burking Faso, Burundi, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe); 4 countries in Asia (China, India, Nepal and Vietnam). ILRI has approximately 600 permanent staff (with a gender breakdown of 40% female and 60% male). ILRI offices and staff worldwide ILRI is one of 15 CGIAR research centre CGIAR is a global research partnership for a food-secure future www.cgiar.org
- 4. 4 Equitable livestock systems:the gender team at ILRI ILRI’s Vision: equitable and sustainable livelihood systems through livestock Equity is central in the work of the gender team at ILRI What we do: We apply a gender lens in livestock development How: We conduct gender analysis to develop and test interventions that help us progress on gender equality for and through livestock
- 5. 5 FARMERS without agender lens FARMERS with a gender lens What is a gender lens Icons credit: Nozomi Kawarazuka Poor woman chicken keeper single mother from a pastoral community in TZ young men dairy farmer in peri-urban Nairobi older man camel keeper from an arid area of north Kenya Key word? diversity
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- 7. 7 Interaction between individualmarkers makes lives unique
- 8. 8 Gender analysis: focuson diversity - gender as entry point Diverse how? We look at: 1. Gendered capabilities 2. Gender dynamics 3. Gendered outcomes 4. Gender norms 5. Gender equity
- 9. 9 Gendered capabilities: whohas what, does what, needs what Land: Info: Technology:
- 10. 10 New technologies (e.g.) interact with gender dynamics… …and shape life outcomes
- 11. 11 Gender norms alsoplay a role in shaping outcomes What is acceptable for an older men to own, do, desire? a young poor men?...
- 12. 12 Gender equity= supportindividuals based on their NEEDs
- 13. 13 Gender team atILRI We study diverse needs, preferences, capabilities, aspirations affected by gender and other individual markers To develop and test gender-equitable livestock-related solutions on the ground so that everyone achieves outcomes of equal value (not same outcomes)
- 14. 14 AIM TO ACHIEVE OUTCOMESOF EQUAL VALUE STUDY DIVERSE INDIVIDUALS WITH DIVERSE CAPABILITIES AND ASPIRATIONS OUR EQUITABLE INTERVENTIONS BASED ON IDENTIFIED NEEDS, PREFERENCES, ASPIRATIONS MARKET More conducive norms MARKET
- 15. 15 Empowerment Responding to aspirations Addressingneeds, constraints, preferences Leveraging opportunities = EMPOWERMENT We support the empowerment of diverse women and men in livestock
- 16. 16 Empowerment as anend goal Capability of women for self-determination: to take control over their own circumstances and to realize their aspirations in order to live a life they have reason to value (Annas, 2003; Kabeer, 1999; Sen, 1990)
- 17. 17 Empowerment as ameans (to livestock development) Only empowered livestock keepers (and women are the majority of them) can ensure that the livestock sector progresses and that its benefits can be enjoyed by society at large
- 18. Women’s empowerment for livestock Livestockfor women’s empowerment
- 19. 19 Livestock key forwomen’s empowerment Women are the majority of poor livestock keepers (FAO 2011) Livestock more easily controlled by women than other assets (Galiè et al 2015) Livestock and products for daily income and nutrition (Randolph 2007) Livestock as a mobile bank… (Njuki and Sanginga 2013) …that can be taken in case of divorce
- 20. 20 Agnes: “I feelempowered when I can take decisions about the cattle I raise and can decide how to use the income from the cattle” (Price at al 2018)
- 21. Fatma: “When Istarted selling the milk, I started making money and felt empowered. But the village was not approving. My husband left us”
- 22. 22 Women in Business: chickenseed dissemination in Ethiopia and Tanzania https://youtu.be/vXMhV0wlf3o
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Editor's Notes
- #6 The world without a critical gender lens looks like this. Here we use general terms such as farmers that are automatically linked to male farmers. The world with a crucial gender lens pay attention to difference, diversity and power dynamics among the value-chain actors.