{"id":12748,"date":"2026-06-20T12:24:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iita-highlights-gender-concerns-in-the-workplace\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:47:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:47:06","slug":"iita-highlights-gender-concerns-in-the-workplace","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-highlights-gender-concerns-in-the-workplace\/","title":{"rendered":"IITA highlights gender concerns in the workplace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of activities to enlighten staff on mainstreaming gender into IITA\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_13141\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13141\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/1024_DSC0022_0617.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13141\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_DSC0022_0617-300x189-1.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Jane Bennett addressing members of staff during the gender awareness seminar.\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jane Bennett addressing members of staff during the gender awareness seminar.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\u2019 working environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/agi.ac.za\/person\/associate-professor-jane-bennett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jane Bennett<\/a>, Director African Gender Institute (<a href=\"http:\/\/agi.ac.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AGI<\/a>), University of Cape Town, facilitated the workshop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pour plus d'informations, veuillez contacter :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Katherine Lopez, responsable de la communication au si\u00e8ge de l&#x27;IITA, <a href=\"mailto:K.Lopez@cgiar.org\">K.Lopez@cgiar.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u00c0 propos de l'IITA<\/strong> www.iita.org<br>L'IITA est l'un des principaux partenaires de recherche au monde pour trouver des solutions \u00e0 la faim, \u00e0 la malnutrition et \u00e0 la pauvret\u00e9. Son approche prim\u00e9e de recherche pour le d\u00e9veloppement (R4D) r\u00e9pond aux besoins de d\u00e9veloppement des pays tropicaux. L'IITA travaille avec des partenaires pour am\u00e9liorer la qualit\u00e9 et la productivit\u00e9 des cultures, r\u00e9duire les risques pour les producteurs et les consommateurs, et g\u00e9n\u00e9rer de la richesse \u00e0 partir de l'agriculture. L'IITA est une organisation \u00e0 but non lucratif fond\u00e9e en 1967 au Nig\u00e9ria et r\u00e9gie par un Conseil d'administration. L'IITA travaille sur les cultures suivantes : le ni\u00e9b\u00e9, le soja, la banane\/banane plantain, l'igname, le manioc et le ma\u00efs. Il est membre du CGIAR, un partenariat mondial de recherche agricole pour un avenir s\u00fbr sur le plan alimentaire.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":12749,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"tags":[242],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[32],"news-type":[],"hub":[],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[193],"class_list":["post-12748","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-gender","location-nigeria","item-year-193"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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