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Gender and rural development brief: West and Central Africa
A gender-balanced model for community development
In Yemen, a community-led project for fostering women's empowerment has imporoved the food security of thousands of landless and smallholder famers living in the poorest areas of the country.
From 2004 to late 2012, the Dhamar Participatory Rural Development Project, cofunded by IFAD and the Government of Yemen, addressed the needs of the rural population in the Dhamar Governorate. By ensuring the participation of rural people in the decision-making processes and income-generating activities, the project improved the food security of substience farmers and their families in the villages of Dhamar.
Financing microenterprises led by women
IFAD Policy on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment
Case study: Men's Campfire Conference, Zambia
Case Study: Household approach for gender, HIV and AIDS mainstreaming, Malawi
Case study: Chiefs and traditional leaders, Zambia
Case study: Household approach, Zambia
Gender equality and women's empowerment - IFAD's work and results
Case study: Transformative Household Methodology, Ethiopia
Case study: Men’s Travelling Conference, Kenya
Case study: Household Mentoring, Uganda
Toolkit: Household methodologies: harnessing the family's potential for change
Case study: Gender Action Learning System in Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Uganda
GALS has been developed under Oxfam Novib’s (ON) Women’s Empowerment Mainstreaming and Networking (WEMAN) Programme since 2008 with local partners and Linda Mayoux. The use of GALS in value chain development (VCD) was piloted by ON and partners in Uganda through a small IFAD grant (2009- 2011). It was rolled out by ON with local partners in Nigeria, Rwanda and Uganda with the support of a large IFAD grant (2011-2014) and in other countries with cofunding from other donors.
Transforming rural areas in Asia and the Pacific
The Gender Advantage: Women on the front line of climate change
This publication illustrates IFAD’s experience in closing the gender gap and mobilizing the ‘gender advantage’ in climate change adaptation through ten case studies from across the world.
Report of the side event: “Moving Forward: Breaking The Glass Ceiling”
“MOVING FORWARD: BREAKING THE GLAS CEILING” Strengthening women’s participation and influence in farmers’ organizations