Gender research at ILRI: Highlighting recent achievements Pictures Contact: Alessandra Galie [email protected] ● Box 30709 Nairobi Kenya ● +254 20 422 3000 ilri.org This document is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution –Non commercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License April 2015 April 2015 April 2015 The research entails gender analysis to understand gender differences, their causes and consequences in livestock production value chains Two main components: • Strategic gender research (subject of the research is directly on gender) and • Integrated (or mainstreamed) gender research -the gender scientists work with other scientists • Activities under the gender research component are directly aligned with two flagship projects of the CGIAR research program on Livestock and Fish: • Systems Analysis for Sustainable Innovations (SASI) • Value Chain Transformation and Scaling (VCTS) • Gender research seeks to understand and respond appropriately to socio-economic contexts within which both men and women engage in livestock production Research is guided by the Livestock and Fish gender strategy Key outputs in 2014/2015 • Gender perceptions of resource ownership and their implications for food security among rural livestock owners https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/56833 • Integrating livelihoods and rights in livestock value chain research for women empowerment development programs https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/52227 https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/52226 https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/52225 https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/52243 • Stories of change: empowering women to tackle cattle lung disease https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/41598 • Integrating gender and value chain analysis in agriculture: a guide for gender practitioners and value chain scientists https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/35656 • The role of gender and other socio-economic factors in the adoption of the contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) vaccine https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/56926 • Livestock and women’s livelihoods: A review of the recent evidence https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/35500 • Gender asset gap and its implication for agriculture and rural development https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/35499 • A gendered analysis of goat ownership and marketing in Meru, Kenya https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/65058 • Gender, assets, and market-oriented agriculture: learning from high- value crop and livestock projects in Africa and Asia https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/56776 Approach in gender research