Gender in Research
Focus on Gender
SMIL incorporates gender considertaions into all participating projects to ensure the greatest overall impact of research. Each proposal submitted to SMIL is expected to describe the gender-related activities with the research team anticipates encountering, how they will be addressed and how projects will promote equitable participation by women. All projects have gender implications, but some will require greater attention than others. In particular, those that are closer to the delivery of new technologies, knowledge, production systems or products.
Gender roles in sorghum production, processing and utilization in Ethiopia
SMIL commissioned a gender study to assess gender roles, sorghum production and utilization by region in Ethiopia. The regional multi-disciplinary research teams implemented village-level data collection in six different regions using focus group interviews and rapid rural appraisals. The data from those interviews was aggregated into individual regional reports.
Assosa Report
(Benishangul-Gumuz Region)Bako Report
(Western Oromia Region)Haramaya Report
(Eastern Oromia Region)Konso Report
(Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region)Sirinka Report
(Amhara Region)Tigray Report
(Tigray Region)Sample PRA tools used to guide gender and sorghum production study