Gender research in the Livestock and Fish research program

Gender research in the Livestock

and Fish research program Implementation

The Consortium approved the program’s gender strategy in June

2013. The strategy has informed the program’s project

development and activities and guided ILRI’s gender research

Achievements to date:

• Partners identified in 5 value chain countries

• Training manual on gender analysis in agriculture developed

• Capacity development of partners on gender analysis

undertaken in 6 value chain countries

• Gendered value chain analysis tools developed and tested,

and partners trained

• Publications prepared and presented at international

conferences

• Proposals/concept notes on gender transformative

approaches developed and submitted for funding

Impact pathway

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Partnerships

• National universities for shared expertise, to build local gender

capacity, develop research projects, scale-up interventions

• National and international NGOs to implement culturally

appropriate transformative interventions, using research

evidence to inform policy and development action, developing

research projects, scaling-up interventions

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Implementation challenges

Challenge: Limited staff capacity in gender analysis/research

Response: Create gender capacity development strategy;

Incorporate experiential learning methods into all training and

research; Integrate gender staff in value chain countries.

Challenge: Gathering data on the links between gender norms

and value chain development

Response: Design, test and disseminate innovative tools on

gender norms and value chain development.

Challenge: Scarcity of gender-specific funding opportunities

Response: Collaborate with partners to proactively develop

concept notes to engage donors and new funders.

Vision

• Appreciate gender research in its own right as a driver to achieve the CGIAR’s

goal of enhancing marginal livelihoods;

• Recognize value of both effectiveness and equity rationales for gender research;

• Allocate appropriate budget for gender research and activities;

• Include gender-related qualitative and quantitative indicators in monitoring

learning and evaluation frameworks;

• Participate fully in social science-bio-physical science interdisciplinary teams.

Key contacts Kathleen Colverson : [email protected]

Paula Kantor: [email protected]

Alessandra Galie: [email protected]

http://livestockfish.cgiar.org

A= accommodating; T= transformative