Presented by Alessandra Galie at the Maziwa Zaidi Review and Planning Meeting, Bagamoyo, 23-25 September 2015

1. Gender Activities in Maziwa Zaidi 2015
Alessandra Galie
Gender scientist, ILRI
a.galie@cgiar.org
Maziwa Zaidi Review & Planning Meeting: 23-25
September 2015

2. Activity 1 - Gender capacity development
Already started
Activity With/who Outputs
Assess gender capacity
development needs of partners,
identify mechanisms to increase
their capacity, implement them
and monitor impact
Violet, Diana, TI,
Alessandra, FaidaMali,
TDB, TALIRI, Heifer, SNV,
SUA,
• 1 Report
• 1 Blogpost

3. Activity 2 - Overview of emerging gender issues
Activity With/who Outputs
• Literature review
• Evidence from the
ground: gender-
sensitive site
specific priorities
• Gender analysis of
baseline data
ILRI gender
team; Alice,
consultants
• 1 report on gender in dairy
goats
• 1 report on gender in dairy
• Gender-sensitive site specific
plans
• Gender-sensitive baseline
report

4. Activity 3 - Empowerment and nutrition
Activity With/who Outputs
Assess empowerment
and nutrition status
of women and children
ILRI gender and
nutrition teams,
Emory University
• 1 tool: Women’s
empowerment in livestock
index (WELI)
• Survey data - 400 hhs cca
• Journal articles

5. Empowerment and nutrition survey

6. Activity 4 - 2 studies: Perceptions of livestock ownership;
From gender analysis to transformative approaches
Activity With/who Outputs
• Understand perceptions of
livestock ownership in TZ, ET
and NI
• Study connection between
gender analysis and
transformative approaches
ILRI and
WorldFish gender
teams
• 1 journal article
• 1 book chapter

7. Perceptions of livestock ownership

8. Activity 5 planned - Gender constraints in feeding
Activity When With/who Outputs
• Assess social and
gender
constraints to
feed
improvements
Parallel to
feed
demos
ILRI gender
team, SNV, ?
FGD reports
• Improving the
Ololili system for
better feeding
Oct-Dec ILRI gender
team, SUA
consultants
• Gender-sensitive forage
trials
• Suggestions on
improved Ololili
management
• Potential farm to
landscape impact
and adoption of
forage
technologies
Oct-Dec CIAT feed team,
KIT, ILRI gender
team
• 1 Report
• 1 journal article 2016

9. Activity 6 planned - Gender and hubs
Activity When With/who Outputs
• Assess what hub
arrangements
supports
involvement of
women along with
men in TZ and UG
Oct-Dec ILRI various team,
KIT, ILRI gender
team, SUA
consultants
• 1 report
• 1 journal article in
2016
• Analysis of what
institutional
arrangement
supports the
involvement of
women in dairy
value chains
Oct-Dec ILRI gender team,
KIT, student from
Hohenheim,
consultant
• 1 report
• 1 journal article in
2016

10. Activity 7 planned - Gender and climate change
Activity When With/who Outputs
Reducing climate
change related risk for
women and reducing
emissions through
making dairy
production more
efficient
Oct 15-17 CRP CCAFS, ILRI
gender team, EADD
• To be determined

11. 2015 Gender Activities in Maziwa Zaidi
Alessandra Galie
Gender scientist, ILRI
Maziwa Zaidi Review & Planning Meeting: 23-25
September 2015

12. CGIAR is a global partnership that unites organizations engaged in research for a food secure future. The CGIAR
Research Program on Livestock and Fish aims to increase the productivity of small-scale livestock and fish systems
in sustainable ways, making meat, milk and fish more available and affordable across the developing world.
CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish
livestockfish.cgiar.org