Reducing the gender gap in agricultural extension and advisory services

A mixed producer group on gender issues related to income sources, household expenditures and decision taking being trained (photo credit: ILRI/Birgit Boogaard) A discussion paper titled ‘Reducing the gender gap in agricultural extension and advisory services: how to find the best fit for men and women farmers’, authored by among others, International Livestock Research Institute … Continue reading »

Adapting the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index to include rights can improve assessment of empowerment

A strategy combining activities that will simultaneously enhance livelihood and rights capabilities of target beneficiaries of development interventions appears to be a most  effective way of empowering women. The strategy is also applicable for other marginalized groups. This strategy was the focus of discussions at a day-long workshop on integrating rights into livestock microcredit and … Continue reading »

Gender experts meet to develop strategies to integrate livelihoods and rights in women’s empowerment programs

On 25 February 2013, some 25 gender researchers, development practitioners and women’s rights advocates will meet at the Nairobi campus of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) for a day-long workshop to discuss practical ways of simultaneously integrating economic development and rights in programs aimed at empowering women. This integrated approach will improve the impacts … Continue reading »

FAO-ILRI training helps Africa livestock specialists address gender issues in their daily work

In November 2011, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) joined with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to run a training workshop on integrating gender in livestock projects and programs for FAO country livestock officers and partners. We interviewed the two FAO people responsible for the workshop: Raffaele Mattioli and Francesca Distefano: Watch the interview … Continue reading »

Launch of the 2012 – 2013 Africa-wide Women and Young Professionals in Science competitions

‘The CTA/ FARA/IFS/ ANAFE/ RUFORUM consortium, in collaboration with AGRA and NPCA, is pleased to announce the launch of its 2012-2013 Africa-wide women and young professionals in science competitions. With a population of approximately 1.03 billion in 2011, and a growth rate of 24 million per annum, Africa’s population is expected to double by 2050. … Continue reading »

Global Conference on Women in Agriculture

Petra Saghir extreme left, an African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) Fellow with the Poverty, Gender and Impact team at ILRI at the conference ((photo credit: ILRI/Jemimah Njuki The First Global Conference on Women in Agriculture (GCWA), was held on March 13-15 in New Delhi, India.  Petra Saghir and Jemimah Njuki, both from … Continue reading »

ILRI adopts strategy and plan to mainstream approaches for gender equity in livestock development

‘This month, management of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) adopted a ‘Strategy and plan of action to mainstream gender in ILRI’. The document was developed by a task force led by Jemimah Njuki, leader of ILRI’s Poverty, Gender and Impact team. This strategy and action plan define the role that ILRI will play to … Continue reading »

Four ILRI scientists take time to share and inspire younger ladies during the women’s day

The International women’s day is normally a very special day at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and this year’s 101 women’s day was no different. High school female students from Loreto Limuru and Cardinal Otunga, visited the institute and shared the women’s day cake with the rest of the ILRI community before being addressed … Continue reading »

Norway announces major boost for gender equality in Kenya

‘The Norwegian Embassy and the United Nations in Kenya announced the signing of an agreement in support of a Joint Programme on Gender Equality and Women‟s Empowerment, developed in partnership with the Government of Kenya. ‘Norway will contribute 13,175,000 Norwegian kroner (approx. 200 million Kenya shillings) over the next two years. The contribution will support … Continue reading »

Gender and climate change in crop-livestock systems

  A new short research activity on ‘Gender and climate-risk consideration for research on crop-livestock systems in Africa’ that aims to consolidate and advance current thinking about issues associated with gender and climate change in Africa, and to lay the foundation for research on the development of gender-sensitive regional and local innovation systems in African … Continue reading »