This brief provides an overview of CARE's partnership with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on the scaling out of FAO's Farmer Field Schools (FFS) to ensure more gender transformative outcomes. Through CARE’s Farmer Field and Business School (FFBS) approach, which is an adaptation of FFS, CARE is promoting and implementing a gender transformative, market-based, and nutrition-sensitive approach to agricultural extension to help address a range of challenges and close the gender gap. The FFBS approach works by empowering women to address social and gender norm barriers, engaging men and boys to champion gender equality, supporting women small-scale producers, and increasing food security and good nutrition.
The potential of savings groups goes beyond money. CARE sees savings groups as an effective platform for greater gender equality beyond women as individuals. This learning report aims start a conversation about the role of savings groups in addressing systemic gender inequities in markets. Read More
Comprehensive VSLAs which address root causes of gender inequality are underpinned by a strong foundation within the program team. This brief outlines the prerequisites CARE believes it is important for VSLA projects to consider before engaging on gender equality. Read More
This annex provides further details on the project review process behind the learning report Beyond money: Savings groups as a platform for addressing root causes of gender inequality. It lists project details, evidence sources and the methodology used. Read More