Publication

This briefing paper is the result of collaboration between nine different agencies, sharing lessons learned from working with women smallholders in order to close the gender gap in agriculture. Taking note of multiple case studies, this paper discusses the various lessons learned, including the benefits of collective action, the importance of access to productive resources, and the need to focus on the underlying gender inequalities. The final lesson presented is the requirement for gender-sensitive disaster resilience and risk reduction to be integrated with development interventions. The paper concludes with a list of recommendations for increasing women’s food security, and closing the agriculture gender gap.

Read more: http://www.careclimatechange.org/files/reports/What_Works_for_Women.pdf : http://www.careclimatechange.org/files/reports/What_Works_for_Women.pdf