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Gender & Livestock Data Community of Practice Conversation - April 2025

Photo: L. Plougman (Flickr)

Improving Gender & Social Inclusion in Livestock Development 

In the April 2025 Conversations session, we were pleased to welcome Guest Speaker Sofanit Mesfin, Regional Gender and Social Inclusion Coordinator at Ripple Effect

Ripple Effect is an international organisation dedicated to empowering rural communities across six African countries to transform their lives. Through training and knowledge sharing, Ripple Effect supports farmers in sustainable agriculture, integrated livestock management, enterprise development, and gender and social inclusion.

Sofanit’s presentation highlighted transformative and adaptive programmes, emphasising on the role of farmers as the active agents for sustainable agriculture practices. Topics included:

  • Integrating Gender Equity in Projects – Effective strategies for project planning, implementation, and transformative methodologies
  • Household Tools for Gender & Social Inclusion – Practical approaches to bridging gender gaps (including the role of artificial insemination), and making gender involvement in livestock development more equitable
  • Gender Data Collection Tools – Key challenges and opportunities in gathering meaningful insights 

Find out more about Ripple Effect’s work:

This webinar was hosted by the Livestock Data for Decisions (LD4D) Gender & Livestock Data Community of Practice.

 

Watch webinar recording 

Video recording from the webinar is now available on the Gender & Livestock Data Community of Practice hub: 

https://edin.ac/42AUPNn 

The recording is available to the Gender & Livestock Data Community of Practice members.

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Read more about the Speaker

  • Sofanit Mesfin

    Position Regional Gender and Social Inclusion Coordinator

    For over 10 years, Sofanit has been building gender and social inclusion into Ripple Effect projects through participatory community tools and training. Because her role involves working across east Africa, Sofanit covers gender and social inclusion issues in different sectors, countries and contexts, and collaborates with teams across Africa to share learnings. Sofanit is inspired by the families she works with, their positive experiences, and the lasting transformation which continues to give new meaning to her work.

Join the Gender & Livestock Data Community of Practice (CoP) Conversations

The Gender & Livestock Data CoP Conversations take place every two months, starting in January each year. So far, we have hosted 23 webinars covering multiple topics – available in our online library.

Our community discusses a diverse range of topics related to planning, monitoring and evaluating gendered outcomes in livestock projects. These include selecting indicators for livestock value chains tackling challenges in collecting detailed gender-disaggregated data.

Why join Gender & Livestock Data CoP webinars?

  • Exchange Knowledge: Discover new insights, learn best practices, ask your questions within a wider community of experts

  • Learn from Specialists: Hear from professionals in livestock development, policy, and gender mainstreaming from across the globe

  • Explore Gender Issues: Gain a deeper understanding of gender roles in livestock development in low- to middle-income countries (LMICs)

Everyone is welcome to join the Gender & Livestock Data CoP Conversations! Joining Gender & Livestock Conversations and the webinar recordings are exclusive to members of the Gender & Livestock Data CoP. 

How to Join the Gender & Livestock Data Community of Practice?

The Gender & Livestock Data CoP is open to anyone involved in livestock development and gender, including:

  • Animal Health professionals

  • Researchers

  • Programme Directors

  • Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation experts

  • Anyone interested in making livestock projects more gender equitable and impactful

By joining, you will connect with others to share experiences, discuss topics of interest, and attend events like presentations and panel discussions on collecting, analysing, and interpreting gender and livestock data.

 

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