Livestock and Fish Gender Theme updates

Livestock and Fish Gender Theme Updates

Kathleen Colverson

Livestock and Fish Annual Review and Planning MeetingMay 20-22, 2013

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Outcome of 3.7 Gender Strategy

“Poor women, men and marginalized groups have improved and more equitable access to affordable animal source foods through gender equitable interventions”

Expected Impacts of Gender Strategy:

• Greater access to and control over new technologies, resources, leadership and market opportunities among poor women and men engaged in the selected value chains.

• Improved household food and nutrition security outcomes and equality across household members for poor women and men value chain actors and for consumers of more affordable and accessible animal source foods.

Expected Impacts of Gender Strategy:

• Enhanced range and quality of choices for poor women and men in where and how to participate in targeted value chains due to positive changes in the gender norms.

• Expanded capacity of value chain stakeholders to understand and integrate gender balanced approaches in their work.

Current Focus Countries for Livestock and Fish Value Chain gender activities

• Tanzania – Dairy and Goat Value Chains – gender analysis and technologies for gender equitable access and control of resources

• Ethiopia – Small Ruminant Value Chain - gender analysis and technologies for gender equitable access and control of resources

• Uganda – Pig Value Chain- gender analysis and technologies for gender equitable access and control, gendered consumption and access to ASF in the household

• Egypt – Aquaculture Value Chain – gender analysis, improving gender equitable access to value chain markets

• Central America – Beef Value Chain - gender analysis and technologies for gender equitable access and control of resources

Output 1

Output 2

Output 3

Output 4

Output 1: 2012-2013 Activities

• Value Chain partner trainings in Ethiopia – 2 trainings (60 people)

• Value Chain partner training in Uganda (26 people)

• Partner training on “Integrating Gender and Rights into Development

Projects” (25 people)

• Production of ‘Closing the Gender Gap in Agriculture: A trainer’s manual’

and research bulletin, “Integrating Gender into Rural Advisory Services”

Output 2: 2012-2013 Activities

• Development of Value Chain toolkit with gender focus

• Development of M and E indicators with gender focus

Objective of Output 3

• “Strategies and approaches that increase women’s and marginalized groups’ entitlement to access markets and control resources, technologies, labor, power and the benefits of their work”

• Focuses on wider social context within which a value chain functions: how well does it enable equitable participation, on good terms, and control over the benefits?

• Entitlement is key: – own sense of entitlement; – recognition by others of women’s and other marginalized

groups’ capacities and claims to engage in markets; – translation of society’s recognition into the way formal and

informal institutions allocate opportunities and resources

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Approaches to gender integration (www.igwg.org)

Research ProcessUnderstands

people and social diversity in their

contextDynamic &

iterativeEnables critical

learning, reflection & questioning

Multi-scale

OutcomesInclusive and

sustained economic and

social development

More equitable social enabling environment

More and better life and livelihood choices for poor women and men

Characteristics of a gender transformative approach to value chain research in development

Next steps in 2013

• Assess value chain leader interest in integrating gender transformative approaches in VC R4D

– Garner interest from 2-3 VCs

• Identify ways to integrate GTAs: additional interventions, revisions to how current interventions are delivered, new partners

– Develop plan on how to proceed with current project funds or to raise funds

• Develop joint proposals to fund GTA research in development (AGRA, BMGF…)

• Develop draft tools on integrating GTAs in value chain analysis

Output 4: 2012- 2013 Activities

Exploring shared post-doc position to “Conduct research on diets,

consumption patterns and health of women and children and the relationship

of these with selected livestock value chains” with multiple partners (CRP 4.3,

Royal Veterinary College, London School of Tropical Medicine)

Additional accomplishments for Gender Strategy

• First meeting of 3.7 Gender Working group to draft strategy

• Hired gender scientists to conduct research in TZ, Ethiopia, Central

America

• Completed Gender Strategy and submitted to CG consortium for approval

• Aligned existing projects with 3.7 Gender strategy and L&F proposal

• Completed and submitted 2012 Gender Theme report to L&F

CGIAR is a global partnership that unites organizations engaged in research for a food secure future. The CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish aims to increase the productivity of small-scale livestock and fish systems in sustainable ways, making meat, milk and fish more available and affordable across the developing world.

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