Commitments for governments, producer organizations, trade unions and local authorities
National governments have responsibility for the crafting and implementation of domestic policies, programmes and investments, while producer organizations, trade unions and local authorities are key domestic partners.
The below commitments offer an indication of possible thematic areas under which your entity may wish to make one or several commitments. It is possible to select multiple commitments across different areas or within the same area. Upon joining CGE, entities will be asked to briefly articulate the specific action(s) they intend to take for each commitment.
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- [O1] Using the Development Assistance Committee gender equality policy marker, increase the number and/or value of projects scored 1 or 2*
- [O2] Increase the number and/or value of projects in agrifood systems which are gender transformative at design
- [O3] Increase the quality of programming for gender equality and women’s empowerment in agrifood systems along the Reach, Benefit, Empower, Transform framework
- [O4] Increase linkages and synergies between financial commitments on climate change, resilience and gender equality and women’s empowerment
- [O5] Increase financial and/or technical support for the dissemination and uptake of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Voluntary Guidelines on Gender Equality and Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment in the Context of Food Security and Nutrition
- [O6] Increase, renew and/or realign partnerships between international development actors to pursue policies and investments promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment in agrifood systems
- [O7] Lead, convene or finance activities, events or initiatives in support of the International Year of the Woman Farmer (2026)
* Significant (marked 1) means that gender equality is an important and deliberate objective, but not the principal reason for undertaking the project/programme, often explained as gender equality being mainstreamed in the project/programme; Principal (marked 2) means that gender equality is the main objective of the project/programme and is fundamental in its design and expected results. The project/programme would not have been undertaken without this objective.
- [B1.1] Policies and/or programmes aimed at increasing training and mentorship of female entrepreneurs in agrifood systems
- [B1.2] Policies and/or programmes aimed at increasing women researchers’ and scientists’ participation in agricultural sciences and related subjects (animal and plant health, forestry, climate, etc.)
- [B1.3] Policies and/or programmes aimed at working with women-led community organizations, including producer organizations and cooperatives, in agrifood systems to increase women’s participation and leadership
- [B1.4] Policies and/or programmes supporting women’s active participation in policymaking processes for agrifood systems
- [B2.1] Policies and/or programmes aimed at increasing the economic inclusion of women in well-remunerated jobs and high-value parts of agrifood system value chains
- [B2.2] Policies and/or programmes focused on addressing the care burden faced by women working in agrifood systems, including through childcare provision and work on social norms around distribution of care work
- [B2.3] Policies and/or programmes aimed at changing discriminatory social norms around the value of women’s paid work in agrifood systems
[B3.1] Policies and/or programmes aimed at increasing women’s secure tenure of agricultural land
[B3.2] Policies and/or programmes which increase women’s access to and property rights over other critical agrifood system inputs (water, livestock, technology)
[B3.3] Policies and/or programmes which increase women in agrifood systems' access to financial services
[B3.4] Policies and/or programmes which include gender-responsive and adapted extension and information services
[B3.5] Policies and/or programmes which seek to close the digital divide for women in agrifood systems
[B3.6] Projects and/or programmes which foster women’s access to markets
[B3.7] Projects and/or programmes which increase the creation or uptake of technology for women, including for productive and reproductive activities
- [B4.1] Policies and/or programmes which seek to engage with and change discriminatory social norms for transformative impact or combine efforts to close wage/productivity gaps with interventions on social norms
- [B4.2] Policies and/or programmes which seek to increase women’s decision-making authority through engaging with groups, leaders, etc.
- [B4.3] Policies and/or programmes which seek to increase women’s knowledge of and access to agrifood system practices which increase resilience to climatic and other shocks
- [B4.4] Policies and/or programmes which seek to increase gender-responsive social protection in agrifood systems
- [B4.5] Gender-responsive policies and/or programmes that aim to improve nutrition and food security outcomes for women and girls
- [B5.1] Commitment to collect new or better sex- and age-disaggregated data, gender data and individual-level data in agrifood systems
- [B5.2] Financial commitment to systematic monitoring, evaluation and reporting of gender goals and objectives in policies and programmes in agrifood systems
- [B5.3] Support, partnerships and/or financing for institutions and researchers in countries working on gender equality and women’s empowerment in agrifood systems
