GENDER insights
Institutions and norms
CCAFS/2014/Prashanth Vishwanathan
Achieving gender equality and longevity of food systems is a matter of fixing the system, not the women.
Effective transformation of food systems hinges on changing the unwritten rules—in society and in research—that have put men in charge of technologies, incomes and decisions.
Breaking down the structural barriers that hold women back will enable farmers in developing countries to weather the impacts of climate change and nourish their families and communities, now and in the future.
Spotlight: Gender-transformative approaches
Stories and insights
Engendering Data Blog Post
Using theatre to help transform mindsets around power and gender relations
Evidence explainers
Publications
Working Paper
A review of gender integration in African food-system policies: insights from Nigeria, Tanzania, Egypt and Kenya: CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform Working Paper #26
Frimpong-Wiafe, B., Muchiri, C., Mawia, H. and Enahoro, D. 2025. A review of gender integration in African food-system policies: insights from Nigeria, Tanzania, Egypt and Kenya. CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform Working Paper #026. Nairobi, Kenya: CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform.
Working Paper
Gender integration in food-system policies: an adapted policy assessment framework: CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform Working Paper #25
Mawia, H., Muchiri, C., Frimpong-Wiafe, B. and Enahoro, D. 2025. Gender integration in food-system policies: an adapted policy assessment framework. CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform Working Paper #025. Nairobi, Kenya: CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform.
Book / Monograph
Advancing gender equality through agricultural and environmental research: Past, present, and future
Pyburn, Rhiannon, ed.; and van Eerdewijk, Anouka, ed. 2021. Advancing gender equality through agricultural and environmental research: Past, present, and future. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293915