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Women making Sanitary Napkins

Engendering Data Blog Post

‘Power with:’ we know it’s important, but how do we measure it?

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Gender equality cannot be last on the agenda at COP29 climate talks

Enumerators training

Engendering Data Blog Post

Challenges collecting pro-WEAI data in climate-affected Nandi County, Kenya

Woman on a farm

CGIAR Gender News

Women’s collectives as champions of climate-smart agriculture and water resilience

A woman thrashing

Engendering Data Blog Post

Tools for considering gender when developing agricultural innovations

Two people sitting on chairs, one on the ground, outside with laundry drying in the background in West Bengal

Engendering Data Blog Post

Navigating the complexities of field data collection: a reflection on using the pro-WEAI tool

Photo by C. de Bode/CGIAR

GENDER insights

Cultivating grit and harvesting resilience

A women learning mechanical transplanting at Puri_Odisha

Evidence explainer

Mechanization supports women farmers’ productivity, but impact on empowerment is inconclusive

Pic by Neil Palmer (CIAT).

Engendering Data Blog Post

New toolkit amplifies inclusive innovation: user research can boost gender-responsive design

Women farmers in Jawahar, India

CGIAR Gender News

Invest in women, ignite change in food systems

April 2021 acacia plantation near the village of Moussa, Yangambi - DRC.

Evidence explainer

How interventions improve women’s agency, create an enabling environment for agribusiness entrepreneurship

Fruit seller shows his watermelon produce on his cell phone.

GENDER insights

Gender-transformative innovation requires more attention to social norms and consequences: conference wrap-up

Visit to Lower Kamula village in Kenya

GENDER insights

From women’s empowerment to gender-transformative change in agrifood systems

Woman farmer standing in field next to solar panel

Evidence explainer

The private sector could play a much bigger role in promoting gender-responsive climate-smart agriculture

‘CGIAR scientists taking part in GenderUp Facilitator training in New Delhi, October 2023’

Engendering Data Blog Post

GenderUp: a conversational tool for achieving more inclusive impact from innovations

Farmers in greenhouse with tomatoes

GENDER insights

Why climate finance for agriculture and land use must be more gender responsive

Sprinkler system on farm in Sri Lanka. Photo: Hamish John Appleby / IWMI.

Evidence explainer

Climate funding in agriculture that considers women can improve environmental, social and economic outcomes

Marlène Elias is the Gender Lead at the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture.

CGIAR Gender News

Accelerating gender-transformative change in agri-food systems: lessons from the CGIAR–ICAR GENDER Conference 2023

Plates of food in Zambia

Evidence explainer

More women’s agency on farms relates to better household nutrition—but differs by the type of production system

WorldFish Photo

CGIAR Gender News

Empowering women in aquatic food systems: from ‘helpers’ to change agents

Amitabh Kant standing at lectern

GENDER platform news

Global experts chart new directions for G20 countries to achieve women’s empowerment and leadership

Panelists on stage

GENDER platform news

Women and youth agri-preneurs need support to foster just and resilient agri-food systems

Indian woman smiling holding big fish

GENDER insights

Level playing field: Why it is important to improve opportunities for women farmers in India

President of India at inaugural session

GENDER platform news

Research is vital to create a just and resilient agri-food system: President of India Smt Droupadi Murmu

Indian women pouring water

GENDER platform news

Hon'ble President of India to Inaugurate International Conference on Just and Resilient Agri-Food Systems

AASW8 parallel event

GENDER insights

Making African food systems gender-responsive for equitable livelihoods

ostelle Al Beyrouthy. Collecting Medicago seed in regeneration plots of ICARDA Terbol.

GENDER platform news

Call for proposals: Evidence on women’s collective action in agri-food systems from MENA and South Asia

Women engaged in paddy transplanting. Pyawt Ywar Irrigation Scheme, Myinmu Township, Sagaing District, Myanmar.

GENDER insights

Top 10 reads on women’s work in agri-food systems

A Bangladeshi woman cuts up feed for her family's livestock

Evidence explainer

Raising aspirations is one way of empowering women in agriculture

Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Participatory climate-service and information training in Tanzania

CGIAR Gender News

Call to action: Addressing gender inequality in agrifood systems for effective responses to climate change