Webinar
Gender-Sensitive Approaches to Value Chain Development: Learnings and Guidance
Value chain development and gender equality: two goals that are deeply intertwined, yet often understood separately by international development organisations.
Improvements in gender equality and value chain development can be mutually reinforcing, as gender relations shape – and are shaped by – value chain functions at all levels, including at the supply and demand dynamics, supporting functions, and rules and regulations.
In reality, value chain development – by enhancing the potential for growth, job creation and poverty reduction within a sector – can shape the way that resources and power are distributed across and within communities. Without proper attention to gender dynamics, this can risk exacerbating gender inequalities and causing harm. Conversely, a gender sensitive approach to value chain development seeks to proactively improve gender equality.
The ILO’s Women’s Entrepreneurship Development Programme developed the Gender-sensitive approaches to value chain development, a complementary guide (2022). The guide provides practical advice and recommendations for adopting gender-sensitive approaches to the different stages of value chain development and development programming more broadly. It is a complementary guide intended to be used in tandem with the ILO’s Value Chain Development for Decent Work Guide, and can be a source of inspiration, tools and ideas for practitioners aiming to integrate gender dimensions in their work for the benefit for all.
As the launch of the Guide, this webinar brings together practitioners and partners to share experiences, challenges and lessons for more gender-sensitive programming and gives insights into the type of guidance and tools found within the Guide.
Target Audience: The target audience of this webinar includes development practitioners, ILO field and HQ staff working on enterprise development and gender, and external partners who may have an interest in gender-sensitive approaches to development, and value chain and market systems development more broadly.
The objective of this webinar is to launch the Gender-sensitive approaches to value chain development, a complementary guide (2022) by sharing learnings and experiences from market systems and value chain development projects implements within and outside of the ILO. The webinar is a joint initiative by the ILO’s Women’s Entrepreneurship Development Programme and the MSD Network.
• Merten Sievers, Global Coordinator, Inclusive Markets and Entrepreneurship, ILO
• Virginia Rose Losada, Coordinator and Technical Lead – Women’s Entrepreneurship Development Programme, ILO
• Adriana Sierra, Technical Officer Women’s Entrepreneurship and Refugee Livelihoods, ILO
• Meseret Tefera, Team Lead of the LI-WAY Programme, Mercy Corps
• Moderator: Carlo Maria Delù, Activity Manager - Sustainable Enterprises and Economies, ITC-ILO
In reality, value chain development – by enhancing the potential for growth, job creation and poverty reduction within a sector – can shape the way that resources and power are distributed across and within communities. Without proper attention to gender dynamics, this can risk exacerbating gender inequalities and causing harm. Conversely, a gender sensitive approach to value chain development seeks to proactively improve gender equality.
The ILO’s Women’s Entrepreneurship Development Programme developed the Gender-sensitive approaches to value chain development, a complementary guide (2022). The guide provides practical advice and recommendations for adopting gender-sensitive approaches to the different stages of value chain development and development programming more broadly. It is a complementary guide intended to be used in tandem with the ILO’s Value Chain Development for Decent Work Guide, and can be a source of inspiration, tools and ideas for practitioners aiming to integrate gender dimensions in their work for the benefit for all.
As the launch of the Guide, this webinar brings together practitioners and partners to share experiences, challenges and lessons for more gender-sensitive programming and gives insights into the type of guidance and tools found within the Guide.
Objectives of the Webinar
The objective of this webinar is to launch the Gender-sensitive approaches to value chain development, a complementary guide (2022) by sharing learnings and experiences from market systems and value chain development projects implements within and outside of the ILO. The webinar is a joint initiative by the ILO’s Women’s Entrepreneurship Development Programme and the MSD Network.Target Audience: The target audience of this webinar includes development practitioners, ILO field and HQ staff working on enterprise development and gender, and external partners who may have an interest in gender-sensitive approaches to development, and value chain and market systems development more broadly.
The objective of this webinar is to launch the Gender-sensitive approaches to value chain development, a complementary guide (2022) by sharing learnings and experiences from market systems and value chain development projects implements within and outside of the ILO. The webinar is a joint initiative by the ILO’s Women’s Entrepreneurship Development Programme and the MSD Network.
Format and speakers
The format of the webinar will aim to encourage a discussion amongst speakers and participants on the importance of adopting a gender-sensitive approach to value chain and market systems development, and address some of challenges to including this dimension by sharing practical tools and examples from the guide and from projects.• Merten Sievers, Global Coordinator, Inclusive Markets and Entrepreneurship, ILO
• Virginia Rose Losada, Coordinator and Technical Lead – Women’s Entrepreneurship Development Programme, ILO
• Adriana Sierra, Technical Officer Women’s Entrepreneurship and Refugee Livelihoods, ILO
• Meseret Tefera, Team Lead of the LI-WAY Programme, Mercy Corps
• Moderator: Carlo Maria Delù, Activity Manager - Sustainable Enterprises and Economies, ITC-ILO