1. LINKAGES Gender Equality Mid-term Results
Fact or Fiction?
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2. Questions for reflection and feedback
What data is missing (from the data you already have)?
Do these conclusions reflect your reality?
baseline predicted GE results
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3. Data used The 2015 Annual Report from all four countries
Research Report
from Ethiopia and Mali
Mid-term Independent Evaluations
In Mali and Ethiopia
The Universal Gender Tools
With exceptions…
Qualitative Interviews
including rolling profiles, and focus group discussions.
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4. Equal access to resiliency assets
Structure
community land and property ownership rules favour women or equality;
extension delivery challenges traditional division of labour
social rules promote equal intra-household food distribution
Agency
women confidently assert control over key and valued assets in FGDs (Ethiopia)
Women are more likely to access extension (E, G, M)
Agency
women own assets; take on leadership in extension activities;
Men cede land and agricultural inputs to women; publically challenge social norms related to the division of labour, asset ownership, etc.
Relations
women and men equally access and control the means of production
Structure
Communities and village leaders accept women’s collective land ownership as “how we do it here.” (Mali)
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5. Publically sign livestock ownership over to women (E)
Promising practices
Women’s groups provide members with access to tools using a business model (M)
Publically sign livestock ownership over to women (E)
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6. Program learning question for Outcome 1
How can gender integration be made deeper and more consistent across all technical sectors?
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7. Equal control over livelihood assets
Agency
Women increase business skills, make decisions about profit they have earned, use confidence to run new IGAs or expand down the VC (B); have more bargaining confidence (E, B).
Men and community members recognise the value of women’s productive labour.
Agency
women manage sustainable businesses in non-traditional areas, control capital and profit; have businesses as remunerative as men’s
men respect women’s autonomy and voice in decision making
Relations
Small but significant movement towards increased autonomy in decision making (.
Women are more active in downstream activities in the value chain. (B)
Relations
women and men equally participate in and benefit from the most valued stages in the value chain
women and men equally decide on farm management and profit use
Structure
Cooperatives have changed some of their governance rules to include women as individual and equal members.
BDSPs provide training and services tailored to women (B).
Structure
traditional division of labour does not determine the type of enterprise a person undertakes
BDSPs tailor their services to meet women’s needs, and are run for gender equal outcomes.
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8. Promising practices
Linking structural gender inequalities to their outcomes in SAA discussions
Change work with EARs
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9. Program learning related to Outcome 2
What is the best way to support data collection on value chain activity and decision making?
How can gender equality activities in this outcome link to deep gender issues that were first seen in Outcome 1?
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10. Enabling organizations exhibit gender sensitivity
Agency
Government officials identify and address key gender issues in their fields
Government officials incorporate gender equality content into budgets, plans and policies without prompting
Relations
Government extension agents use gender sensitive approaches to reach women and engage men
Enabling organization staff support colleagues to relate to one another in a gender sensitive manner.
Structure
GFPs report to the WCYAO
SME governance regulations include women as autonomous beneficiaries.
Municipal economic planning processes take gender equality into account (national spread).
Structure
Community and municipal plans identify and address gender issues
Enabling organization performance systems hold staff accountable to gender equality results
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11. Mentorship and accompaniment, cascade training
Promising practices
Mentorship and accompaniment, cascade training
Tripartite lobbying activities based on evidence
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12. Program learning questions for Outcome 3
How can the program better exchange good practices in government engagement and governance results tracking?
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13. Thank You!
Questions? Comments?
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14. Which part of this value chain needs to change?
Input supply
Crop Production 1: grow, harvest, and undertake primary processing
Consumption 1
Production 2: Store
Processing 1
Consumption 2
Aggregation 2 and 3
Aggregation 1
Processing 3
Processing 2
Consumption 3
All parts!
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