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ILRI News on women

15 Mar 2022

Celebrating International Women's Day with Alessandra Galiè

This blog was first published by Cambridge Global Food Security Interdisciplinary Research Centre profiling female researchers and academics involved in agriculture/food security every year for International Women's Day . To celebrate the 2022 International Women's Day theme of promoting women's...

Karen Hlaba CambPlants Administrator(Cambridge Global Food Security Interdisciplinary Research Centre)

ILRI News

06 Feb 2022

New film highlights women’s role in protecting the world’s rangelands and pastoral communities

Rangelands cover 54 per cent of the earth’s terrestrial surface and provide valuable ecosystem services such as water retention and carbon sequestration. They also support the livelihoods of millions of pastoralists who turn rangeland resources into food and livestock products. However, in the face...

ILRI News

10 Nov 2021

Loss of communal grazing lands in India threatens the status of pastoralist women

Communal grazing lands, or commons, are an essential resource for pastoralists in India. Pastoralists historically managed these lands through rich and diverse local traditions that not only gave women equal access to the commons but also established them as the primary economic actors in pastoral...

Elliot CarletonPrinceton in Africa Fellow

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Publications on women

Working Paper

Published2022

In her voice: Understanding women’s participation in rangeland management in Baringo, Kenya

Presentation

Published2022

Women in livestock: Breaking gender biases, shifting norms

Manual

Published2022

Field researcher guide: Gender-responsive study of phage adoption opportunities for chicken keepers in Kenya

Journal Article

Published2022

Understanding how food safety risk perception influences dietary decision making among women in Phnom Penh, Cambodia: A qualitative study

Journal Article

Published2021

Introduction to special issue: Gender and rural development: Sustainable livelihoods in a neoliberal context

Brief

Published2021

Best practices that enable equitable gender relations can help overcome gender-based constraints among livestock keepers in Ethiopia: A look at four-value chain sites in Ethiopia

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ILRI Projects on women

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...

Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project (GAAP)

The Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project (GAAP) is jointly led by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) to better understand gender and asset dynamics in agricultural development programs. GAAP core team members works...

Jan 2012Dec 2013

Evaluating the impacts of livestock and aquaculture microcredit and value chain programs on women’s empowerment

Project activities Evaluating and documenting case studies of the impacts of livestock and aquaculture financing, value chains and livelihood projects on poverty and equity outcomes. Sharing information on livelihood approaches that integrate women’s rights. Developing strategies and building...