Category Archives: Women

ILRI reflects on the impact of COVID-19 on women leaders in marking the IWD 2021
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ILRI reflects on the impact of COVID-19 on women leaders in marking the IWD 2021

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This year’s International Women’s Day theme is ”Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world.” It is aimed at celebrating the tremendous efforts by women and girls around the world in shaping a more equal future and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. At ILRI, we sought to mark the day by reflecting on the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on women and the leadership strategies they are implementing to manage the situation. Continue reading →

New research examines gender dynamics in seed systems development
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New research examines gender dynamics in seed systems development

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New research that is unpacking gender dynamics within seed systems development has just started to emerge. This includes a portfolio of projects initiated and funded by the CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research. A new synthesis brief summarizes this early work and provides an outlook for future research to mainstream gender analysis in seed systems development. Continue reading →

Power through: a new concept in the women empowerment discourse
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Power through: a new concept in the women empowerment discourse

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The paper ‘Power through: A new concept in the empowerment discourse’ by Alessandra Galiè, a senior gender scientist at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and Cathy Rozel Farnworth, an independent researcher, offers a new perspective on the role of ‘power through’ in women’s empowerment. Continue reading →

Research helps parents ‘give milk’ to improve nutrition and livelihoods in Rwanda
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Research helps parents ‘give milk’ to improve nutrition and livelihoods in Rwanda

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An ongoing project in Rwanda is focusing on increasing the consumption of milk, which is considered a promising way of promoting income generation activities and nutritional outcomes. Many parents and other farmers are learning how to improve both the production of milk and their children’s nutrition. Continue reading →

Enhancing awareness of equity issues in the Malawian veterinary medicine sector
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Enhancing awareness of equity issues in the Malawian veterinary medicine sector

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Recently, ILRI researchers from the Policies, Institutions and Livelihoods (PIL) Program and the collaborative CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) developed and implemented a two-day training curriculum on equity and gender for the finalists from the first veterinary class at Malawi’s Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Continue reading →

Gendered barriers and opportunities in milk trading in peri-urban Nairobi: Insights from a webinar presentation
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Gendered barriers and opportunities in milk trading in peri-urban Nairobi: Insights from a webinar presentation

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The key findings indicate that milk business is more lucrative for men than for women due to gender-based constraints faced by women milk traders. For instance, access to and purchase of milk from producers is mainly favourable to men due to cultural norms that hinder women such as inability to travel to remote areas due to house chores and inappropriate means of transport (mainly motorbikes). Continue reading →

The right tools for the job: enabling breeding programs to be gender-responsive
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The right tools for the job: enabling breeding programs to be gender-responsive

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The CGIAR Gender and Breeding Initiative (GBI) envisions the development of a comprehensive toolbox aimed at the analysis and incorporation of gender perspectives from the very beginning of a breeding program, right through to implementation and impact assessment. Continue reading →