Publications
Step-by-step checklist for integrating a gender transformative approach throughout the project cycle
01/10/2024
This handout summarizes the information in the Step-by-step guide to integrating a gender transformative approach throughout the project cycle ("Step-by-Step Guide"). It outlines the five phases of the project cycle, as well as the steps to be taken during each phase. It also includes the full checklist of actions to be taken by project and programme staff when integratingthe gender transformative approach in every phase of the project cycle. 8 p.
Supporting Women’s Agrifood Cooperatives and Associations in Lebanon - GCP/LEB/030/CAN
01/10/2024
Agricultural associations and cooperatives are critical for income generation, employment creation and food security in Lebanon, where the population has increased by one-third since March 2011, when the country began to see an influx of refugees from the Syrian Arab Republic. 2 p.
Empowering Women, Increasing Institutional and Local Resilience and Recovering and Preserving Forestlands in West Honduras - GCP/HON/045/CAN
01/09/2024
The PROMUCLIMA project was created to address critical challenges in 12 municipalities in western Honduras, where economic and environmental proposals were required to improve governance systems in those communities depending on forest and agroforestry resources. In addition, this context highlighted the need to support rural and Indigenous women, and youth, who were excluded from sustainable development and climate action decision-making processes. 2 p.
Understanding the gender-related impact of the crisis in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank for an inclusive response
01/09/2024
This briefing note focuses on assessing the gender-related impacts of the current hostilities in Gaza, emphasizing the importance of understanding the specific needs and vulnerabilities of men, women, girls, and boys. It highlights the necessity of identifying gender-based constraints and vulnerabilities to ensure an appropriate and accountable response that leaves no one behind. 11 pp.
Facilitating gender responsive access to finance in the agrifood sector in sub-Saharan Africa
01/08/2024
This policy brief focuses on promoting gender-responsive access to finance for women in the agrifood sector in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly within the framework of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). It highlights the critical contributions of women to agrifood systems, while also discussing the substantial challanges and barriers they face to accessing finance due to persistent gender-based constraints and structural inequalities. 12 pp.
Sanitary and phytosanitary measures- Making the African Continental Free Trade Area work for women (Policy brief)
01/08/2024
This policy brief examines how sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures may facilitate or limit women’s participation in the agrifood sector in Africa and how the AfCFTA provides an opportunity for African policymakers to make the SPS framework gender-responsive. 12 p.
Post-earthquake value chain analysis of greenhouse tomatoes, fisheries and milk products in Türkiye
01/08/2024
This report provides rapid assessments of the earthquake’s effects on agriculture, specifically greenhouse-based tomato production in Samandağ (Hatay), fishing in Hatay’s coastal districts (Samandağ, Arsuz, İskenderun, Dörtyol), and milk production in Elbistan (Kahramanmaraş). 64 p.
Technical barriers to trade in the agrifood sector - Making the African Continental Free Trade Area work for women: Policy brief
01/08/2024
This policy brief describes technical barriers to trade (TBT) measures in the global and African contexts and explores the intersections between trade, gender and TBTs. 12 p.