Gender capacity assessment feedback and validation report for the small ruminant value chain in Ethiopia

Results from the gender capacity assessment shows, in general, that development and research organizations lack the knowledge and skills to integrate gender into their agricultural programs. Addressing gender-inequity in agriculture will require increased investment in skills and knowledge for value chain actors and enablers. In order to validate the results, a feedback session was conducted with each assessed partner organization with the objectives: to provide feedback on the results of the gender capacity assessment and collect comments on the outcomes of the assessment (what do partners agree with / not); to identify intervention points based on partners’ priorities that could be used to develop a gender capacity development (CD) plan for each partner with clear objectives, activities, expected results, indicators, roles/responsibilities, and a budget; to form a gender CD committee & select focal persons who will facilitate and coordinate the organization’s gender CD plan and ensure exchange of information and documentation.