AWARD’s Gender in Agri-food Systems Policies (GASP) program seeks to address the glaring gender disparities across African agrifood systems which profoundly undermine women’s ability to contribute and benefit from agricultural innovations, ultimately stifling equitable sustainable development.
The GASP Program is designed to enhance the capacity of individual policy practitioners and catalyze institutional transformation for gender-responsive policies and programs driving equitable agrifood systems.
GASP is funded by GIZ on behalf of BMZ under two programs including: Sustainable Agricultural Systems and Policies (AgSys) and Women Empowerment for Resilient Rural Areas (WE4R).
The program is implemented in eight countries including Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mali, Nigeria, Togo, Zambia, Kenya, Madagascar.
The GASP program takes a twin approach focusing on:
1. Customized training for women policy practitioners with specialized coaching and peer learning to enable them:
2. Institutional activities including:
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