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Women make important contributions to agriculture and food security under climate change. There is a need for stronger steps to be taken on real gender equality and climate policy programs.

The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) is stepping up for gender equality in many ways to support women farmers in a changing climate.

In the story published on International Women's Day, CCAFS shares diverse voices, experiences, and knowledge of women participating in CCAFS activities across the regions.

See the photo-story: Women take action on climate change in agriculture

On International Women's Day, Sophia Huyer shares her views on the role of women in climate change adaptation in agriculture.

Women’s participation is critical in tackling climate change in agriculture. As Sophia Huyer, CCAFS Flagship Leader on Gender and social inclusion writes in a new article published on Thomson Reuters Foundation news,

any meaningful transformation is not likely to happen without the active engagement of women, who take on a tremendous proportion of farm work.

To ensure that the “gender-sensitive approach” promoted by the Paris climate agreement in December 2015 becomes a tangible reality, concrete actions to engage with women are needed. This is particularly true for the agriculture and food security sector. In a new CCAFS info note on 'Gender and international climate policy', Sophia Huyer anayzes the progress in gender equality at COP21.

Adoption of CSA through a gendered intersectionality lens: experiences from Kenya

To commemorate the  2016 International Women's Day, Catherine Mungai and Vivian Atakos from CCAFS East Africa engage in a conversation on adoption of climate-smart agriculture in W​estern Kenya through a gender lens.

Read more:

• Achieving gender parity in African agricultural systems
• Gender and climate change policy after COP21
• Info note: Gender and international climate policy
• CCAFS research - Gender and Social Inclusion