Changing Gender Roles in Agriculture?: Evidence from 20 Years of Data in Ghana
IFPRI, 2017.
Gender
Community Partners' Projects Visit in Senegal
A USAID Senegal team and SPRING/Senegal staff conducted site visits from September 19-21, 2017. The delegation visited one of SPRING’s partner radio stations, a community group’s micro-garden and chicken coops, and interacted with partners and community members. The group also had a chance to participate in some of SPRING’s activities, such as a community video dissemination.
USAID and SPRING/Senegal Staff Visit Community Partners’ Projects
A group of USAID/Senegal and SPRING/Senegal staff observed a few of the activities initiated with SPRING’s support during a three-day field visit from September 19-21, 2017. The group visited six communities and saw nutrition-sensitive agriculture and social and behavior change activities including a micro-garden and a community video dissemination and discussion session.
ATONU’s Nutrition-Sensitive Intervention (NSI) Selection Tool
FANRPAN, July 2017.
Competency Framework for Integrating Gender and Nutrition within Agricultural Extension Services
INGENEAS, August 2017.
Why Couples Are Championing Gender Equity in Senegal
SPRING’s Gender Champion Approach aims to increase men and women’s partnership within the household in order to impact nutrition outcomes. This is done by encouraging women’s participation in household financial and nutrition-related decision-making, and men’s involvement in nutrition and hygiene-related tasks. SPRING identified men who were well known within their communities for performing desired gender-supportive roles.
SPRING/Senegal Organizes Hike to Promote Nutrition, Agriculture, Gender and Hygiene Messages
On August 9, 2017, SPRING/Senegal and partner radio station Niombato FM organized a promotional hike in Toubacouta Village. Over 100 hikers marched a total of 5 miles, wearing t-shirts bearing messages on nutrition, agriculture, gender, and hygiene. Participants passed through three villages and shared information with villagers. The messages were also recorded and broadcast on all of six of SPRING’s partner radio stations.
What Role Can Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services Play in Realizing Gender Equality and Improved Nutrition?
Food and Agriculture Organization, June-July, 2017.
Supporting Fathers and Empowering Families in Ghana
In 2017, SPRING/Ghana started piloting Father-to-Father Support Groups in four communities in the Northern and Upper East Regions of Ghana. These groups are comprised of 15-17 men who meet twice per month to discuss family-oriented issues that include infant and young child feeding, household interaction and support, and male involvement in child welfare. These discussions are geared to improve men’s support to women within the household.
The Father Factor
A father in the Maradi region of Niger practices responsive feeding with his child. Credit: Marjolein Moreaux, SPRING.
Executive Summary
BACKGROUND
Previous studies that explored interventions aimed at improving maternal, infant, and young child nutrition (MIYCN) behaviors primarily focused on the mothers of young children.