CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) Gender Strategy

WLE’s Gender Strategy sets out a path for the program to engage in pioneering research that generates findings and catalyzes action to address the gender-based challenges facing women and men, who are dependent on water, land and ecosystems for their livelihoods, food, nutrition and water security, and incomes. The strategy starts out and tests the hypothesis that gender equity promotes sustainable agriculture in vibrant ecosystems. It then builds on work undertaken within the CGIAR system and elsewhere, by applying cutting-edge gender equality and women’s empowerment frameworks, and innovative research approaches and methods. Knowledge generated will improve WLE interventions at the policy, programming and community implementation levels.