Gender in Value Chains Meeting with Management and Staff involved in agricultural value chains

Objective session Put the development and implementation of a gender strategy explicitly on the agenda of the organization Start of a trajectory to equip staff for gender sensitive value chain development Action planning Ultimate Goal: Better functioning chains of which men and women benefit equally

Program 9h – 10 h30 Discuss experiences with the e-module Review some theoretical concepts 10h30-10h45 Coffee break 10h45 – 12h30 Discuss the current situation in the organisation Follow us how to introduce a gender responsive way of working 3

Getting to know each other Introduce your self (if necessary) What was your most recent experiences with gender in your work Which question would you like to get answers?

Experiences with the e-module What did you like about the e-module? What did you learn? What was difficult? Etc..

Topics of this session Farmers – men and women – sexe and gender Gender based roles, Gender based control over resources Gender concepts (gender equality, gender equity, women’s empowerment) Gender strategies (gender transformative, gender aware and gender neutral) What is gender mainstreaming and why do it it? Key elements of gender mainstreaming in value chain development Action planning

Sexe and gender The real farmer The difference between sexe and gender

Importance of gender Gender based: Roles Control over resources

Gender objectives and approaches Gender objectives Gender equity Gender equality Women’s empowerment Gender appraches of organisations Gender neutral (or gender blind) Gender aware Gender transformative

Gender mainstreaming What is gender mainstreaming Why do it it? – Business – Social justice – Food security and poverty alleviation

Key elements of gender mainstreaming Know her (gender sensitive value chain analysis) Design for her (gender sensitive interventions) Be accountable to her

Towards a gender sensitive approach Management support: Experience has learned that the willingness of staff to change their way of working largely depends on support of the management Gender agenda: Part of this is that the management explicit puts the development and implementation of a gender strategy explicitly on the agenda of the organization Goal: Better functioning chains of which men and women benefit equally Objective: Equip and support staff to apply a gender sensitive approach in value chain development

State of the art NameHow gender sensitive is your organisation/ project? ObjectiveWhat needs to be done What do you need?

Continuous learning Develop a vision on gender mainstreaming in Value chains Training of staff Introduction of guidelines, approaches and tools Implement gender sensitive interventions Monitoring, evaluation and learning

Possible results Organisational Gender policy and strategy Gender sensitive value chain analysis Gender sensitive interventions at the level of households, producer organisations, small entrepreneurs, CSR policy of large enterprises, certification schemes etc… Monitoring, evaluation and report: Quantitative data collection, collect and share stories, publish results etc.

Time schedule Gender trajectory TimingActivityParticipantsStructural improvement in organisation/ project

Management support Involve all staff (not only the gender specialist) Look what is already happening and appreciate this Actively invite all staff to take a role, encourage creativity Recognize that the process is not easy support staff to solve problems Emphasize structural improvement as opposed to one off events After this trajectory keep gender on the agenda

Create a support base for the change process 1.Monitor and share positive results (use monitoring system) 2.Make an action plan 3.Support departments/ projects involved in the trajectory 4.Ensure formalization of gender policy and strategy 5.Monitor progress

Thanks for your attention and success!!