What’s the Fuss about Gender? Workshop on exploring new evidence and implications for policy and development
On May 14 the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and International Food Policy Ressearch Institute (IFPRI) organized a workshop entitled "What’s the Fuss about Gender? Worksop on exploring new evidence and implications for policy and development".
On May 14 a diverse group of researchers, practitioners and policymakers, all focusing on gender in the context of climte change, came together to share their research results and discussing the implications of these findings for gender and agriculture research, policy, and programming.
The event was open, so as to hear community of practitioners as well, so that we together can move forward on addressing issues of gender and climate change.
The agenda can be seen below. Blog stories, presentations and outputs from the workshop wll be shared shortly.
Wednesday, 14 May | Lundgren Auditorium, ICRAF Campus, Nairobi | |
09:00 – 09:15 | Opening Remarks: Gender and Climate Change | Patti Kristjanson (CCAFS/ICRAF) |
09:15 – 10:15 | Understanding Climate Change and Climate Change Adaptation: Research Presentation from the Climate Change, Collective Action, and Women’s Assets Project:http://womenandclimate.ifpri.info |
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10:15 – 10:30 | Break |
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10:30 – 11:15 | Gender Aspects of Climate-Smart Agriculture: Case Studies from Kenya and Uganda: Joash Mango (ICRAF) and Edidah Ampaire (CIAT) present initial results of an intra-household gender study that has been a joint effort of IFPRI, ILRI, ICRAF, and CIAT (CCAFS and PIM) | Joash Mango (ICRAF) and Edidah Ampaire (CIAT) |
11:15 – 12:00 | How are governments and NGOs addressing gender and climate change?: A moderated panel discussion led by Ruth Meinzen-Dick, IFPRI |
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12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch |
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13:00 – 14:00 | Working Group One: Reflections on Research Results and Implications for Policies and Programming |
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14:00 – 14:30 | Report Back |
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14:30 – 14:45 | Break |
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14:45 – 15:30 | Working Group Two: Research Gaps and Moving Forward: What do we still need to learn about gender and climate change? |
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15:30 – 16:00 | Report back and Discussion |
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16:00 – 16:30 | Closing Remarks: Moving forward on gender and climate change |
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16:30 – 18:30 | Cocktail reception |
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