Are you aged 18-35 with a passion for the planet and your community? 👀 Looking to ramp up your #ClimateAction? 🌍 The C4C/Youth2Youth Max Thabiso Edkins Climate Ambassador Program is accepting apps through Dec. 31 -- apply now for this amazing opportunity! forms.office.com/r/JLgLw7ky5m

📢 The 2024 Early Career #Fellowships application is OPEN! 📌Calling all #WomenInScience in developing countries: seize this chance for funding to conduct your #research from the comfort of your own space. Take advantage of this chance! More details👉🏾bit.ly/OWSDEC2024

Une récente évaluation des interventions du projet #AICCRA🇸🇳 au profit des femmes transformatrice de lait, révèle une montée en confiance et en statut de ces femmes, avec des progrès fulgurants dans leurs compétences entrepreneuriales et d'hygiène. Lire👉 aiccra.cgiar.org/news/entrepren…

“Closing the gender gap with women’s empowerment and leadership is critical to West and Central Africa’s food system,” says Mariame Maiga of CORAF. Learn how CERAAS is investing in women farmers! foodtank.com/news/2024/02/e… via Emily Payne

Since the conference, further work is underway to identify and better understand the needs and preferences of AICCRA’s partners in West Africa in relation to climate-smart innovation for agriculture, a key step towards scaling innovations across more of the region. 🔗 Read more

Women play a key role in West African intra-regional Trade. Within #FSRP, 162,250 women farmers have been targeted to receive services to improve marketing of agricultural products. March is the month dedicated to the promotion of women's rights worldwide. Let's celebrate them.

Ahead of International Women's Day 2024, we've compiled some recent highlights of the work and research AICCRA & partners are doing to support women in Africa's agricultural ecosystem - scaling access to resources, finances and skills to build resilience. ✨Read, enjoy and

" For the next production cycles, we expect an increase in the quality of our #seeds and yields'', says Salimata from 🇧🇫. " Discover how CORAF is empowering #women and #youth in West Africa's seed industry through the #CAADPXP4 initiative. 🔗Read 👉🏾cutt.ly/WwMNseiT

"Your words should be constructive, bring people together, not pull them apart." - Miriam Makeba, singer and civil rights activist #BornOnThisDay 💙We thank her for standing against racism and discrimination and reminding us to be kind and mindful of our words.

🐟Meet Cecilia Zulu, one of a new cohort of women in #Zambia now practicing #aquaculture. With WorldFish, AICCRA & the private sector, more than 45,000 farmers have been reached so far, with women making up 36 percent. Read: bit.ly/3UZmHaM #IWD2024 #ReadyToScale

Gender transformation requires scalable, enabling mechanisms & research should focus on what constitutes effective scaling and for whom. In a new article, Sophia Huyer, Ana M. Loboguerrero, Nitya Chanana & Olga Spellman explore a synthesis of research on gender transformation that

💰 In #Mali, a community-based savings group supported by AICCRA and partners is boosting women farmers' use of climate-smart innovations through accessible finance. Read this story & more in a special compilation for #IWD2024: bit.ly/AICCRA_IWD2024

In #Senegal, formalized seed cooperatives in groundnut, millet, cowpea and livestock value chains are bringing farmers together - especially women and youth. So far, more than 1,726 members have benefited from the initiative. Read the story: aiccra.cgiar.org/news/senegales…

Through their collective action, women are active agents in building their climate resilience.

Empowering women in #Mali through enhanced technologies and financial support with #AfricaRice and AICCRA 💪🌾. Read more: aiccra.cgiar.org/news/respondin…

"With this sectorial Gender Action Plan, we pave the way for inclusive gender and climate sensitive solutions." - Dibor Sarr Faye, National Focal for #Gender and #Climate at Senegal's Ministry of Environment. ➡️ Read more: aiccra.cgiar.org/news/senegal-l…

Day one of the training workshop in Accra, Ghana. This workshop aims to; introduce the Ghana national team to the hotspot mapping methodology, identify key data requirements and sources, and develop a roadmap for implementing the study activities. State Department for Gender Affairs - Kenya

Donald Trump and his allies would limit access to birth control, ban medication abortion, and enact a nationwide abortion ban. Simply put, they are out of their minds.

Amazing that this has finally happened.

Implementing gender-smart agriculture in Eastern and Western Africa - see this sample of how AICCRA is increasing women’s decision making power cgspace.cgiar.org/items/1af302fb…