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5. Gender equality

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  • Gender Training of UN Peacekeepers

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    KIT Royal Tropical Institute was hired by the Dutch police to provide training on culture and gender to police and Marechaussee personnel who were deployed to countries where the Netherlands was contributing to peacekeeping missions – such as Mali, Kosovo and Afghanistan. Tailored training KIT developed a tailored training for Dutch police and Marechaussee personnel […]

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  • Supporting a National Centre for Agricultural Technical Training in Egypt

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    KIT was part of a consortium working with the Research Institute for a Sustainable Environment (RISE) to establish a sustainable and practice-oriented agriculture training centre for male and female skilled labour. This aimed to contribute to the delivery of adequate training for the agricultural sector in Egypt. Best practice centre  RISE – formerly the Desert […]

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  • Strengthening a dairy cooperative’s extension services in Kenya

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    BAMSCOS, a union of farmer cooperatives in Baringo, Kenya teamed up with KIT and Agriterra in an effort to further strengthen and professionalise its extension services. For BAMSCOS this was a crucial step towards improving the income and conditions of their members. Furthermore, by handling larger volumes of milk it would increase the viability of […]

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  • Building Life Skills for Adolescent Girls with Plan UK

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    At the request of Plan UK, KIT Royal Tropical Institute undertook this baseline study to identify the factors affecting access to and completion of lower secondary education by girls in Cambodia, El Salvador, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe. The project led to a system for improved use of data, production of […]

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  • Gender and Land Governance Action Learning Programme

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    The gender and land governance action learning programme aims to identify and test approaches that address barriers to realising women’s land rights. Given the complexity in land governance and gender relations and the close link with agricultural development and the protection of livelihoods, the programme implements context specific projects run by interdisciplinary teams of members […]

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  • Gender and Rights Resource Guide

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    The online Gender and Rights Resource Guide enables non-governmental organisations to enhance their gender perspective on Rights Based Approaches (RBAs). The guide’s development has been informed by both literature and practices emerging from struggles for gender rights and equality. Concepts and tools for development practice The guide begins by demystifying the concept of rights in […]

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  • Gender Responsive Budgeting with UN Women Iraq

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    The Gender Responsive Budgets (GRB) project delivered a series of training workshops, mentoring, and technical assistance to government agencies, civil society organisations, and academia in Kurdistan, Iraq. The goal was to facilitate the inclusion of gender equality issues across governments, and integrate gender equality issues in budget reform processes. The scope of activities The GRB project […]

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  • Integrating Gender into Agricultural Research

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    This gender audit was carried out for the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA). On its basis we were able to offer strategy and policy advice to improve the gender orientation of ASARECA’s work, and therefore its impact. A powerful indicator of impact When gender factors are integrated into development […]

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  • 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 […]

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  • Women’s information centres and networks: a global perspective

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    Informal social networks and togetherness among women have been approved forms of organization since time immemorial. Women everywhere have formed themselves formally and informally into networks to demand services and promote networks of survival and mutual help to accomplish their reproductive and productive roles.

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  • Gender training: the source book

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    Gender training: the source book reviews gender training experiences from the point of view of practitioners. Contributors include gender advocates from different geographical regions (South Asia, Middle East, Eastern and Southern Africa)

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