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Policy in Action Series
Featuring expert voices driving equitable policy reforms across Kenya Today’s feature follows a conversation with Ms. Jane Peris Aluoch, Senior Agricultural Officer, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Kenya. She reflects on how gender-responsive approaches can strengthen agricultural policy and practice. Name: Jane Peris Aluoch Title: Senior Agricultural Officer Institution: Ministry of Agriculture […]
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Commemorating International Women’s Day 2026
The CGIAR Gender Equality and Inclusion Accelerator and African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD), in partnership with the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), and CIFOR-ICRAF, are convening an event to mark this year’s International Women’s Day. The event will be held on March 2, 2026, from 9.30 am-12:30 pm at […]
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Policy in Action Series
Featuring expert voices driving equitable policy reforms across Kenya In this third feature, we talk to Mr. Camara Castro, Assistant Project Coordinator, AMKA Africa Justice Initiative, Kenya who shares his insights on the significance of gender integration in project evaluation. Name: Camara Castro Title: Assistant Project Coordinator, Institution: AMKA Africa Justice Initiative (AMKA Africa) […]
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Policy in Action Series
Featuring expert voices driving equitable policy reforms across Kenya In this second feature, we talk to Ms. Kemsa Juma Ismail, Senior Agricultural Officer, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Kenya who shares her insights on why gender reforms need champions within institutions to translate policies to practice. Name: Kemsa Juma Ismail Title: Senior Agricultural […]
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Policy in Action Series
Fostering Equitable Agrifood Systems Driven by Gender-Responsive Policies Featuring expert voices driving equitable policy reforms across Kenya AWARD, through its Gender in Agrifood Systems Policies (GASP) Program, is intensifying its efforts to promote gender integration in agriculture policies. The GASP program offers tailored interventions for individuals and institutions to enhance their capability to interrogate agricultural […]
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She Leads African Food Futures (SHEAF) Fellowship Call for Applications is Now Closed
December 16, 2025 – The call to apply for the She Leads African Food Futures (SHEAF) Fellowship is now closed. The Fellowship targets applicants from Kenya, Malawi, and Senegal for an immersive career development program that will integrate leadership development, mentoring, network development, and technical excellence. Fellows will be drawn from diverse organizations, including government […]
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Advancing Women’s Leadership in Data-driven Agricultural Innovation to Improve Agrifood Systems and Climate Resilience
AWARD has onboarded 30 African women scientists into the inaugural cohort of the Women in Data Science Fellowship, a pilot initiative designed to cultivate and empower a growing pipeline of African women who are addressing challenges in agrifood systems and climate resilience by working at the intersection of data science, agrifood systems, and climate adaptation. […]
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Dr. Alice Murgage, KALRO’s New Deputy Director for Crops, Shares Her Tri-fold Agenda
Dr. Alice, Murage, an AWARD Mentor, was recently appointed as the new Deputy Director for Crops for the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO). She describes the appointment as a pivotal moment both personally and professionally. In this conversation, Dr. Murage reflects on her professional journey, her roadmap for Kenya’s crop research landscape, and […]
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A Kenyan AWARD Mentor Named the 2025 Africa Food Prize Winner
Professor Mary Abukutsa Onyango, a renowned Kenyan scientist who has extensively worked on African leafy vegetables and championed their consumption for improved, affordable nutrition, has received the prestigious Africa Food Prize. Announced on September 3rd at the 2025 Africa Food Systems Forum in Dakar, Senegal, professor Abukutsa Onyango was named the 2025 Africa Food Prize Laureate alongside Dr. Mercy […]
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From Numbers to Narrative: In Pursuit of Gendered Data to Transform Nigeria’s Aquaculture
Aquaculture is vital to food and nutrition security, economic empowerment, and employment for millions globally. However, its benefits are not evenly distributed in households between men and women due to gender-based constraints that limit maximum returns. “For decades now, Nigerian value chain analyses have connoted ‘household head’ as a single unit”, a challenge that glosses over […]
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