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International Women’s Day

What needs to be done to achieve gender equality and empower women and girls? Hear it straight from our gender experts.

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More International Women's Day videos

  • SDGs In-Focus with Katrine Danielsen

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    In this episode, Katrine talks about the cross-cutting nature of SDG 5 (Gender Equality) and the state of women’s rights in the mining sector. Katrine is a gender advisor at KIT Royal Tropical Institute. Why gender matters in the mining world All over the world, mineral production and mineral supply chains are recognised for their […]

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  • SDGs In-Focus with Maureen Kwilasa

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    In this episode, Maureen shares her insight on gender equality in financial services. Maureen is a financial inclusion advisor at KIT Royal Tropical Institute. Financial Inclusion at KIT Financial inclusion is a key enabler in development. It supports people’s economic empowerment and helps them to better manage their business and their lives. We aim to […]

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  • SDGs In-Focus with Francine Egberts

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    In this episode, Francine talks about the critical need for comprehensive sexuality education. Francine is a sexual and reproductive health and rights advisor at KIT Institute. The Yes I Do Alliance Francine is the monitoring & evaluation coordinator for the Yes I Do Alliance. The alliance aims to reduce child marriage, teenage pregnancies and female […]

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KIT’s Gender Approach

At KIT Royal Tropical Institute, we move beyond conventional gender and development approaches by focusing on the transformative potential of gender work. We support the development and implementation of approaches that effectively lead to gender equality and women and girls’ empowerment.

We work on both stand-alone women’s rights and empowerment initiatives as well as gender equality and transformative change in relation to food security, natural resource management, energy, finance, agribusiness value chains, and health. We emphasise transformative and participatory learning to invite our partners to critically reflect on their gender initiatives.

Related Projects

  • State of African Women Report

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    As part of an international partnership to improve the rights of women and girls across the African continent, KIT led a research team to develop the State of African Women Report. The report raises awareness of continental-African commitments to women and girls’ sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) and progress in their implementation. Realising women and girls’ […]

  • Gender Equality and Women’s Rights in Mining

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    Since 2016, KIT Royal Tropical Institute has supported the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to develop a global leadership role to facilitate experience sharing and policy influencing on gender equality integration in the mining sector. MFA leads the Women’s Rights and Mining (WRM) multi-stakeholder initiative that aims to establish a better understanding of gender […]

  • Yes I Do: Reduce Child Marriage, Teenage Pregnancies and Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

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    This project aims to reduce child marriage, teenage pregnancies and female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) related practices. Its work covers seven countries: Pakistan, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Zambia and Malawi. The Yes I Do project is a joint collaboration with Plan Netherlands in the lead, along with CHOICE, Rutgers and Amref. It is funded by the […]

  • Strengthening Access Bank’s W-Initiative

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    In partnership with Palladium, KIT Royal Tropical Institute is supporting Access Bank to become the bank of choice for women. Understanding the women’s market in Ghana, Rwanda, Zambia & Nigeria The W Initiative is Access Bank’s approach to segmenting and serving the women’s market and positioning itself as the bank of choice for women. Launched […]

  • Unlocking Potential: Empowering Women in Indonesian Coastal Communities

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    Globally, fisheries and aquaculture contribute to the income of around 800 million people. But overfishing is putting increasing pressure on local fish populations and marine biodiversity, while threatening the livelihoods of many. Fish and seafood are a critical part of the world’s diet. It provides around 3.2 billion people with almost 20 per cent of […]

  • Gender in Coffee and Cocoa Initiative

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    In 2016, FAO, KIT Royal Tropical Institute and Twin established a partnership to build on their complementary knowledge, expertise and comparative advantage in coffee and cocoa value chains to establish the coffee and cocoa initiative. Coffee and cocoa value chains This initiative aims to foster coffee and cocoa value chains where women and men can […]