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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 […]

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 […]

L’appel à candidatures pour l’édition 2026 du programme de formation sur le leadership dédié aux jeunes femmes africaines dans le domaine des sciences agricoles est ouvert.

Investir et soutenir le potentiel des femmes africaines de moins de 35 ans, engagées dans les sciences agricoles 9 septembre 2025 – L’appel à candidatures pour l’édition 2026 du programme de formation sur leadership dédié aux jeunes femmes africaines dans le domaine des sciences agricoles est maintenant ouvert. Le programme, financé par la Carnegie Corporation […]

The Call for the 2026 AWARD Leadership Program for Emerging African Women in Agricultural Sciences -Closed

Investing in high potential African women in agricultural sciences under the age of 35 years September 9, 2025 — The call for applications to the 2026 Leadership Program for Emerging African Women in Agricultural Sciences – Closed. The program funded by The Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY) and implemented by African Women in Agricultural […]

Nouveau rapport révèle des inégalités de genre persistantes dans les systèmes agroalimentaires d’Afrique subsaharienne, malgré la contribution des femmes qui représentent la moitié de la main-d’œuvre

Publié pour la première fois sur le site de la FAO. La FAO, le NRI et AWARD présentent de nouvelles données sur la situation des femmes dans les systèmes agroalimentaires d’Afrique subsaharienne 2 septembre 2025, Dakar – En Afrique subsaharienne, environ trois femmes sur quatre (76 pour cent) travaillent dans les systèmes agroalimentaires, et les […]

The status of women in agrifood systems in sub-Saharan Africa

Building on the momentum generated by FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems global report, this report provides a comprehensive analysis of the status of women in agrifood systems in sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting their vital yet often undervalued roles. It explores how gender inequality intersects with climate change, environmental degradation, and socio-economic factors to […]

New report exposes pervasive gender inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa’s agrifood systems, despite women powering half the agrifood workforce

First published on the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) website. 02/09/2025 In sub-Saharan Africa, approximately three out of four working women (76 percent) are employed in agrifood systems, and women make up 49 percent of the agrifood systems workforce. Within agrifood systems, women’s employment in off-farm segments – such as production, […]

40 Young Women Admitted into the AWARD Leadership Program for Emerging Women in Science

We are pleased to announce the selection and admission of 40 young African women into the third cohort of the AWARD Leadership Program for Emerging African Women in Agricultural Sciences. The third cohort comprises 40 enthusiastic women under 35 years of age drawn from 37 institutions across five countries, including Ethiopia, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, and […]

A Kenyan Gender Expert Championing Effective Gender Analysis for Inclusive Climate Action

Jackline Makokha believes that rigorous, scientific data well analyzed and packaged is critical in highlighting the fundamental importance of gender considerations in climate action. Born in rural Kenya’s Western region, Jackline is the youngest of three girls. Her parents were strict disciplinarians, owing to their professions – her father was a policeman and her mother […]

Press Release: AWARD Launches Gender in Agrifood Systems Policies (GASP) Program to Drive Inclusive Agricultural Development in Africa

Nairobi, Kenya – June 23, 2025 — African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) is pleased to announce the launch of the Gender in Agrifood Systems Policies (GASP) Program, a groundbreaking initiative aimed at promoting gender-responsive policies to foster equitable and resilient agrifood systems across Africa. The inaugural cohort launch event will take place […]

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