Gender Research in Policies, Institutions and Markets
Implementation PIM’s gender strategy was approved on March 1, 2013. We
have mainstreamed gender into each of the seven
flagships. The program benefits from a strong gender team
in the lead center (IFPRI), a Gender Coordinator on our
management committee who is recognized as one of the
leaders in the field, and a Senior Gender Research
Assistant who leverages the time of our Gender
Coordinator and liaises with research teams.
From Challenges to Impact
Partnerships and Capacities • Universities and research partners for shared expertise
• Development agencies and national counterparts for implementation
PIM has strong relationships in place and operative. For example, in
development of the WEAI and in the work on social protection, we cooperate
with research partners to develop instruments and recommendations, and with
development agencies and national partners to move them rapidly into
implementation. We will replicate this approach in the seven flagships.
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Implementation challenges 1. Scarcity of good sex-disaggregated data sets
2. Inadequate methodologies for characterizing gender
specificity of technologies for inclusion in modeling efforts
Approaches to solutions: PIM researchers are
taking inventory of existing data sets that include sex
disaggregation, and working with statistical agencies
receptive to revising survey instruments to develop new
data. Foresight modeling teams are working on
methodology to add gender impacts to the criteria for
assessing benefits of new technologies.
Vision: PIM’s vision is to diminish gender gaps in access
to assets and agricultural opportunities and thereby to
improve development outcomes. Research objectives are: • Foresight modeling gives clear assessment of new technologies and
management systems that differentially benefit women
• Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) measured at
regular intervals as part of tracking SLO indicators
• Better information on gendered dimensions of landholding brings
stronger rights of ownership, use, and access for women
• Readily available sex-disaggregated data sets for household surveys,
social accounting matrices, agricultural censuses, and other
• Women have better access to opportunity through value chains,
adoption of technology
Key contacts Karen Brooks, Director
Cheryl Doss, Gender Coordinator
Caitlin Kieran, Senior Research Assistant, Gender
