Joseph Vess and Augustin Kimonyo, both fellows of Equimundo and members of the MenEngage Alliance, introduced and discussed a new toolkit for ‘ENGAGING MEN FOR GENDER EQUALITY IN RURAL TRANSFORMATION PROJECTS’. The toolkit is part of a collection developed under an IFAD-funded Women’s Resource Rights initiative with CIFOR-ICRAF, the Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT and IFPRI.
In this session, Joseph and Augustin:
-Introduced the toolbox
-Contextualized the project context in which it was developed in Uganda
-Outlined the theory of change
-Introduced some tools in the box (and some other tools outside the box)
-Introduced some communities, individuals and resources all working in this space
-Opened a discussion on how to engage men in gender-transformative research projects in food, land and water systems
Vess, J.; Kimonyo, A.; Gallagher, E.; Bailey, A.