Africa

Stories and insights

Fauzia Birabwa (in yellow dress) in the market where she retails rice and other commodities

GENDER insights

How and why women participate in the downstream rice value chain in Uganda

GENDER insights

Inequality hotspot map shows where women in agriculture are hit the hardest by the climate crisis

GENDER insights

Making African food systems gender-responsive for equitable livelihoods

Evidence explainers

Evidence explainer

Implementing and evaluating gender-transformative approaches in agrifood systems: What does the evidence say?

Evidence explainer

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

Evidence explainer

Identifying climate–agriculture–gender inequality hotspots can help target investments and make women drivers of climate resilience

Methods, tools, training

Women surround another woman with a bowl of groundnut standing next to a green machine as she places groundnut into the hopper

Method

Caisses de résilience (CdR): Increasing African communities’ resilience with integrated, grassroots mechanisms

Tool

Women's voices in open, inclusive communities and effective spaces (VOICES)

Method

Weighted gender control index (WGCI)

Publications and data

How do couples in rural Tanzania make decisions? Findings from a novel mixed-methods approach for understanding intrahousehold decision-making

Working Paper

How do couples in rural Tanzania make decisions? CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform Working Paper #16

Cole, S., Ferguson, N., Heckert, J., Mwakanyamale, D., Seymour, G., Feleke, S., Fischer, G., John, I., Lija, Z., Nyaa, M., and Zacharia, H. 2023. How do couples in rural Tanzania make decisions? Findings from a novel mixed-methods approach for understanding intrahousehold decision-making. CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform Working Paper #016. Nairobi, Kenya: CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform.

Scientific Publication

Exploring the intricate relationship between poverty, gender inequality and rural masculinity: A Case study from an Aquatic Agricultural System in Zambia

Cole, S.M. et al. (2015). Exploring the intricate relationship between poverty, gender inequality and rural masculinity: A Case study from an Aquatic Agricultural System in Zambia. Culture, Society & Masculinities, 7(2)

Report / Case study

Climate-Smart Cocoa: a gender transformative approach

Dalaa MA, Torvikey GD, Amoah A, Saeed AR, Obeng F, Kofituo RK, Asare R. 2020. Climate-Smart Cocoa: a gender transformative approach. Accra, Ghana: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).

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Africa

Stories and insights

How and why women participate in the downstream rice value chain in Uganda

Inequality hotspot map shows where women in agriculture are hit the hardest by the climate crisis

Making African food systems gender-responsive for equitable livelihoods

Evidence explainers

Implementing and evaluating gender-transformative approaches in agrifood systems: What does the evidence say?

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

Identifying climate–agriculture–gender inequality hotspots can help target investments and make women drivers of climate resilience

Methods, tools, training

Caisses de résilience (CdR): Increasing African communities’ resilience with integrated, grassroots mechanisms

Women's voices in open, inclusive communities and effective spaces (VOICES)

Weighted gender control index (WGCI)

Publications and data

How do couples in rural Tanzania make decisions? CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform Working Paper #16

Exploring the intricate relationship between poverty, gender inequality and rural masculinity: A Case study from an Aquatic Agricultural System in Zambia

Climate-Smart Cocoa: a gender transformative approach

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