Gender Equality

The CGIAR Initiative on Gender Equality aims to use impactful gender research to address the four dimensions of gender inequality by applying gender-transformative approaches to harmful norms, bundling socio-technical innovations for women’s empowerment, leveraging social protection to increase women’s access to and control over resources, and promoting inclusive governance and policies for increased resilience.

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Join HER+ at CGIAR Science Week 1-5 July Nairobi, Kenya
CGIAR Initiative on Gender Equality

20.06.24
- Climate adaptation & mitigation
- Gender equality
- Nutrition, health & food security
- Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The CGIAR Gender Equality Initiative, HER+, will be featured in the CGIAR Science Week in…
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Building collaborations that count
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

20.06.24
- Gender equality
- Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
The CGIAR Gender Equality Initiative aims to bundle socio-technical innovations with women at the ce…
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Cultivating grit and harvesting resilience
CGIAR Initiative on Gender Equality

22.05.24
- Climate adaptation & mitigation
- Gender equality
CGIAR gender researchers have studied a project that gave more than 25,000 Indian women access…
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Research activities

Where We Work

The Initiative will work in the countries below as a priority, and will explore work in two additional focal countries: Egypt and Vietnam.

Countries

Bangladesh
Ethiopia
India
Kenya
Malawi
Mali
Nigeria
Tanzania

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Partners

The HER+ Initiative has a wide array of demand, innovation and scaling partners, including CGIAR initiatives (EiA, Mixed Farming Systems, Aquatic Systems, PHI, LCSR, CLIMBER, Aquatic Foods, NPS, SHiFT, FRESH,and Conflict, Fragility and Migration); government ministries in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Tanzania; Overseas Development Institute (ODI) Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Programme; WorldVeg; Cornell; Wageningen University and Research; University of California – Berkeley; IPA; KALRO; ICAR; EARO; AGRA; FAO; IFAD; World Vision; WFP; Bangladesh Agricultural University; Institut de recherche pour le développement; Dadimos Development Consultants; USAID; ISEAL; ActionAid Nigeria; Women for Women Nigeria; FES; and World Bank.