Women have a crucial role in ending hunger: they feed their families and produce and market food. Supporting and empowering them in this role is therefore critical for the achievement of Sustainable Development 2 on Zero Hunger and improved nutrition.
This requires an understanding of the complex social dynamics that govern food systems and the way they interlink with households, communities and markets, through a gender analysis lens.
The Gender and Markets Initiative, launched by the World Food Programme (WFP)’s Regional Bureau for West Africa Vulnerability Assessment and Mapping (VAM) team with support from USAID, aims to strengthen the collection and analysis of gender-informed data on the different roles of women and men in markets in West and Central Africa, their challenges and their empowerment.
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Review of literature and secondary data
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Country case studies
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Country fact sheets
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Better targeting training and toolkit
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Partnerships, dialogue and exchange
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Gender and market tools
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Women's Empowerment in Markets Index (WEMI)
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Food security analysis tools
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