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General information
| Innovation ID | 608 |
| Version ID | 283 |
| Innovation Title | Gender Transformative Approaches in fish agri-food systems |
| Innovation description | An approach to engaging with gender within development that goes beyond ‘business-as-usual’ gender approaches in that it explicitly addresses, rather than accommodates, underlying gender barriers that perpetuate inequalities. Emerging findings indicate that the transformative approaches may contribute to more potent gender outcomes. GTA approach increased women’s participation in fishing (from 5% to 75%) and increased women’s contributions to intra-household decisions about the income generated from processing fish (49%). |
| Reporting Staff | Cynthia McDougall (WF), Afrina Choudhury (WF) |
| Year (Reporting) | 2020 |
| Reporting status | Approved |
| Innovation Type | Social Science |
Stage reached
| Stage of Innovation | Stage 3: available/ ready for uptake |
| Year (Stage) | 2020 |
| Stage Description | After the pilots in Bangladesh and Zambia, the Gender Transformative Approaches (GTA) are ready for uptake by other users. During 2020 the GTA have been extended to EU investments with Rome-based agencies - FAO, IFAD and WFP. |
| Has a lead organization | yes |
| Lead Organization | WorldFish |
| Top 5 contributors | No contributors |
Contributions and mapping
| All partners | International Institute of Tropical Agriculture-CGIAR Center/Program (Center); Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock - Zambia-Government; University of Stirling-Academic Institutions (universities, colleges, etc.); University of Zambia-Academic Institutions (universities, colleges, etc.); WorldFish-CGIAR Center/Program (Center); Zambia Center for Communication Programmes-Other |
| Main CRP | CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems |
| Flagship project | CCSI-Cross-cutting & Strategic Investments |
| Cluster | CCSI-Cross-cutting & Strategic Investments |
| Other CRPs-Flagships-Clusters |
Scope
| Geographic scope | Global |
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| Countries |
Targeted outcomes
| Main Sub-IDO | Gender-equitable control of productive assets and resources |
| Other Sub-IDO | Improved capacity of women and young people to participate in decision-making |
| Other Sub-IDO | Increased livelihood opportunities |
Evidences
| Evidences | European Commission. Gender transformative approaches in a rural world, 2019 [https://ec.europa.eu/international-partnerships/system/files/gender-transformative-approaches-in-a-rural-world-brief-20190412_en.pdf] Utkina, Irina. 2019. UN food agencies step up joint efforts to tackle rural gender inequalities. FAO [http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1193249/icode/] "Cole, S. M. Kaminski, A. M. McDougall, C. et al. (2020) Gender accommodative versus transformative approaches: a comparative assessment within a post-harvest fish loss reduction intervention, Gender, Technology and Development, 24: 1, 48-65."Bevitt, Kate. WorldFish gender research in the spotlight at Seeds of Change conference. Blog WorldFishCenter, 1 April 2019 [http://blog.worldfishcenter.org/2019/04/worldfish-gender-research-seeds-of-change-conference/] FISH CRP, 2019. Pioneering the gender-transformative approach. FISH CRP website. [https://fish.cgiar.org/pioneering-gender-transformative-approach] Implementing Gender Transformative Approaches in Agricultural Development A discussion paper for the European Commission (March 2019) [https://gender.cgiar.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Gender-Transformative-Approaches-in-Agriculture_DP-ONLY_-no-annexes.June-2019.pdf] |
Linked Elements
| Milestones |
| Outcome Impact Case | FAO-IFAD-WFP awarded GENNOVATE among the 15 best practices for gender transformative approaches for food security, nutrition and sustainable agriculture following its validation with 7,500 participants https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/6f263f |
| Policy | Research on gender transformative approaches (GTA) integrated into European Commission and Rome-based Agencies (FAO, WFP, IFAD) policy and practice documents https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/f436b4 |