Annual Scientific Conference and Capacity Development Workshop 2017
Photo: KIT.
The CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research convened its first Annual Scientific Conference and Capacity Development Workshop on December 5-8 2017 at KIT Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam.
Objectives
- To engage CGIAR scientists in the development of a cross-CGIAR framework for gender research that reflects the system’s priorities, strengths and gaps.
- To promote knowledge-sharing, critical feedback and networking amongst researchers engaged in gender research working towards higher quality outputs.
- To collectively reflect on the contribution of CGIAR gender research on aqua/agriculture and natural resource management for the broader field of gender and development.
- To build the capacity of CGIAR gender scientists on requested themes.
Program
- 27 November: preparatory webinar – communicating gender research to a scientific audience.
- 4 December: Pre-meeting for Gender Research Coordinators and Center Gender Representatives (by invitation)
- 5 December: Scientific Conference day 1
- 6 December: Scientific Conference day 2
- 7 December: Capacity Development Workshop day 1
- 8 December: Capacity Development Workshop day 2 and Community of Practice (CoP) meetings
Outputs from the conference
- Award-winning paper establishes links between women’s empowerment and crop seed improvement and governance in pre-war Syria
- See (nearly) all presentations featured in the week
- Cross perspectives from participants, featuring short videos from:
- Esther Njuguna-Mungai (ICRISAT)
- Sophia Huyer (CCAFS)
- Mamta Mehar (WorldFish)
- Alessandra Gallie (ILRI)
- Margreet van der Burg (WUR)
- Frank Place (IFPRI)
