As climate pressures intensify, IFAD’s GEWE priorities are becoming increasingly integrated with efforts to build climate resilience. The Gender Transformative Mechanism in Climate Adaptation (GTM) is an innovative initiative designed to deepen the impact of IFAD’s portfolio and deliver stronger results at the nexus of women’s empowerment and climate resilience. IFAD’s engagement with the FAO to Commit to Grow Equality (CGE) initiative largely centres on the GTM initiative.

Women play a vital role in food systems worldwide, yet many have little influence over the resources and decisions that shape their lives. CGE partner Welthungerhilfe proposes that food systems transformation must go beyond improving production and nutrition to strengthen women’s rights, participation and decision-making power – from households to local food systems.

Women’s centrality to Africa’s agrifood systems cannot be overemphasized. As part of CGE's "Partner in Focus" series, African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) outlines how to ensure women's meaningful involvement in leading agrifood systems transformation.

olam food ingredients (ofi), a global leader in food and beverage ingredients, joined Commit to Grow Equality in 2024 as the initiative’s first private sector partner. Here, ofi shares examples of interventions implemented by the company to help empower women and safeguard children in its communities.