Publications
Gender transformative approaches for food security, improved nutrition and sustainable agriculture – A compendium of fifteen good practices
10/12/2020
The Compendium is a product of the Joint Programme on Gender Transformative Approaches for Food Security and Nutrition implemented by FAO, IFAD and WFP and funded by the European Union. The compendium includes the individual templates of the 15 good practices, provides a synthesis of the main features of the 15 GTAs presenting the core characteristics of 15 GTAs 166 pp.
Gender transformative approaches for food security, improved nutrition and sustainable agriculture - A compendium of fifteen good practices (flyer)
10/12/2020
This flyer to the publication Gender transformative approaches for food security, improved nutrition and sustainable agriculture - A compendium of fifteen good practices provides a background to the Compendium and briefly summarizies the fifteen good practices. Gender transformative approaches (GTAs) are essential to the achievement of food security, improved nutrition and sustainable agricultural development. 4 pp.
Gender transformative approaches for food security and nutrition: Journeys of Transformation or Engaging Men as Allies in Women’s Economic Empowerment (GOOD PRACTICE)
09/12/2020
Promundo is a global leader in promoting gender justice and preventing violence by engaging men and boys in partnership with women, girls and people of all gender identities. The Journeys of Transformation methodology emerged from the vision that, although women’s economic empowerment programming has powerful benefits on its own, it can be made even more effective at advancing gender equality when men are deliberately engaged as allies. 10 pp.
Gender transformative approaches for food security and nutrition: Gender Model Family (GOOD PRACTICE)
09/12/2020
Following a strong backlash from husbands who felt excluded from a revolving fund that was established to enable women to rehabilitate their livelihoods, Social Enterprise Development Foundation (SEND) International concluded that livelihood and food security projects would not be sustainable unless they started from a foundation of gender equity within the household. 11 pp.
Gender transformative approaches for food systems and nutrition: Individual Household Mentoring (GOOD PRACTICE)
09/12/2020
Projects supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) identify individual household mentoring as a project activity and provide funding to the Ministry of Local Government for implementation. They build on experiences on household mentoring gained in an earlier IFAD-supported District Livelihoods Support Programme. This document examines the purpose of the methodology and the domains of gender inequality that are addressed. 11 pp.
Gender transformative approaches for food security and nutrition: Gender Household Approach (GOOD PRACTICE)
09/12/2020
The purpose of the HRNS Gender Household Approach methodology is to promote farming as a family business. In implementing this methodology, the main objectives include joint decision making and planning in smallholder farming households, the active participation of women in training activities, and the inclusion of women in leadership positions in farmer organizations. This publication addresses key domains of gender inequality. 9 pp.
Gender transformative approaches for food security and nutrition: Gender Mainstreaming in Member-based Organizations (GOOD PRACTICE)
09/12/2020
Toolbox for Gender Mainstreaming in Member-based Organizations is the name of the methodology used to work toward individual empowerment of women and men, in parallel with an intentional change process of organizational structures towards gender equality. This paper outlines the different levels the methodology worked: the individual, enterprises/value chains and organizations while the household-level application is still under development. 10 pp.
Gender transformative approaches for food security and nutrition: Nurturing Connections (GOOD PRACTICE)
09/12/2020
Nurturing Connections© was developed and piloted by Helen Keller International (HKI) in 2012. It has been adapted for homestead food production and nutrition and tested in market development initiatives. This publication describes how the curriculum seeks to challenge and transform inequalities related to power relations, traditions and socio-cultural norms that can pose an obstacle to achieving better nutrition and production outcomes. 8 pp.