As part of activities to enlighten staff on mainstreaming gender into IITA’s corporate entity, policies, operations, programs, and activities, the Human Resources Service in collaboration with the Office of the DDG Research for Development, organized an Institute-wide gender awareness seminar and workshop on developing capacity for gender mainstreaming on 1-4 September at IITA headquarters in Ibadan.

The workshop aimed to raise awareness and educate staff members about their roles in contributing to effective gender mainstreaming in the Institute. Topics covered were the application of gender analysis to specific work activities/projects; the exploration of gender mainstreaming tools likely to generate deeper levels of gender-aware and gender-sensitive knowledge in specific fields; the application of gender analysis to the complex working environments of participants, as well as the exploration of strategies to deepen gender sensitivity within all areas of the participants’ working environments.
Jane Bennett, Director African Gender Institute (AGI), University of Cape Town, facilitated the workshop.
For more information please contact:
Katherine Lopez, Head of Communication, IITA HQ, K.Lopez@cgiar.org
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IITA is one of the world’s leading research partners in finding solutions for hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. Its award-winning research-for-development (R4D) approach addresses the development needs of tropical countries. IITA works with partners to enhance crop quality and productivity, reduce producer and consumer risks, and generate wealth from agriculture. IITA is a non-profit organization founded in 1967 in Nigeria and governed by a Board of Trustees. IITA works on the following crops: cowpea, soybean, banana/plantain, yam, cassava, and maize. It is a member of CGIAR, a global agriculture research partnership for a food secure future.
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