Social development and gender equity

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Area Social Development and Gender Equity develops and implements approaches that promote the rights, inclusion and participation of marginalized social groups, particularly women, in the development process. These approaches are developed through collaborative action research undertaken with partners in Southern countries.

We provide technical assistance to donors and governmental and non-governmental agencies to integrate equality concerns into their policies and programmes and to build organizational capacity.

We  specialize in integrating gender equality into development programmes and gender training.

Currently, our focus is on building inclusive citizenship and participatory governance and on mainstreaming rights-based approaches in development by supporting both rights claimants and duty bearers.

Health

KIT works to improve health status in low-and-middle-income countries.

Education

KIT carries out research, advisory work, policy and tools development with post-graduate education institutes.

Social development and gender equity

KIT develops and implements approaches to promote the rights, inclusion and participation of marginalized social groups in development.

Sustainable economic development

KIT aims to improve the livelihoods of vulnerable producers in developing countries.