When committed and open-minded people come together to make gender research work

Under the gender initiative, Annet Mulema has supported three projects, two of which were completed successfully, and one less so. Gender specialists support non-gender scientists to collect and analyse gender-disaggregated data. They pay attention to decision-making, household relations, and access and control of resources. Some projects are more successful than others: it helps to have the commitment of the principal investigator and from other non-gender scientists.

Open-minded people are necessary to adopt new lines of work, including gender work. Men and women have different views, and sex-disaggregated data can better inform research work. Interview with Annet Mulema (ILRI) for the book "A different kettle of fish? Gender integration in livestock and fish research". http://hdl.handle.net/10568/76684