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ILRI News on gender

07 Aug 2020

Laughter, the universal language

Author Zoë Campbell at a community meeting with Fulani pastoralists in Senegal (photo credit: Guy Ilboudo, ILRI-Burkina Faso). Written by ILRI gender and socioeconomic researcher Zoë Campbell. If there were no language barriers, what would research be like, I wonder? I’m a gender researcher working...

Susan MacMillanTeam leader, Communications, awareness and advocacy

ILRI News

05 Aug 2020

Building gender sensitivity into the next generation of livestock scientists

A group of ILRI CapDev Grand Challenge Fellows co-creating a research concept note integrating climate science, livestock improvement, economics, policy and gender (photo credit: ILRI/Wellington Ekaya). Written by Zoë Campbell About 20 research and graduate fellows attended a virtual training...

Susan MacMillanTeam leader, Communications, awareness and advocacy

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Publications on gender

Report

Published2020

Enhancing participation of women and men in breeding cooperatives through a Gender Capacity Development (GCD) intervention for local actors (Cooperative Leadership and Service Providers) in Ethiopia: Training Workshop Report, May-July 2019

Report

Published2020

Gender dynamics and social implications of improved planted forages in smallholder piggery systems in Uganda

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ILRI Projects on gender

Mar 2019Jun 2022

Transforming the vaccine delivery system in Ghana: identifying approaches that benefit women

Testing innovative approaches to vaccine delivery This project will test two innovative approaches for vaccine delivery — one gender accommodative and one gender transformative — by adapting CARE’s Gender Transformative Farmer Field and Business School approach to facilitating women’s sustained...

Jan 2019Dec 2022

Women in business: chicken seed dissemination in Ethiopia and Tanzania

Methods Study of existing breed dissemination pathways; develop and test women-led business models to disseminate chicks to farmers in remote areas; engage in gender responsive and transformative approaches; assess impact on women’s empowerment and on nutrition. Expected impact Women’s empowerment...

Feb 2019Mar 2020

Gender at scale (Exploring ‘feminization’ of agriculture through gender dynamics across scales in East Africa)

Feminization of agriculture is a measurable increase of women's participation in the agricultural sector. It is a phenomenon common to many countries particularly in the developing world. Studying the feminization of agriculture with a gender lens is important to understand its prevalence and how...

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International Livestock Research Institute