USAID/East Africa gender assessment for agriculture and climate change

Additional studies have determined that men and women will not experience these changes equally, and that adaptation measures will need to take gender differences into account to avoid exacerbating inequalities in the face of these long-term shifts in the climate of the region. To ensure that its programs on climate change and climate smart agriculture will be gender-responsive, United States Agency for International Development/East Africa (USAID/EA) commissioned a multi-phase activity to integrate attention to gender in its Regional Economic Growth and Integration (REGI) program. This desk study reviewed the growing development literature on gender, agriculture, and climate change by key donors, universities, and research organizations. It also reviewed USAID/EA"s activities planned under Feed the Future (FtF) activities and the Global Climate Change Initiative (GCCI). In the report, the priorities and projects of key stakeholder groups in the East Africa region are explored and weighed against gender issues raised in the literature. It does not duplicate the earlier material, but seeks to provide a better picture of current activities in the region, identify gaps, and suggest both groups and activities that can meet the needs of the regional mission. Suggestions for programming, capacity building, and illustrative indicators are raised throughout and recapped at the end of the document. (Excerpt, modified)