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OUR PURPOSE

To generate evidence-based policy recommendations and best practices for promoting gender equity in the food system of the Rehamna province, including improving women's access to resources, strengthening their bargaining power, and addressing gender-based discrimination and violence. READ MORE

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Research questions
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Objectives
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Focus Projects

Our research project is participatory and community-driven, with a focus on engaging and collaborating with rural women and other key stakeholders throughout the research process.

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Key research problems

The gender division of labour

Gender-based violence

Women domestic labor burden and

Women’s literacy and education levels

Gender inequality

Lack of decision-making authority and

Outcomes

Empowering Women and Transforming Food Systems: Achieving Gender Equity in Green Generation-funded Development Projects in the Province of Rehamna

Inclusiveness

Enhancing women’s participation in the nine selected development projects.

Fairness

Increasing the share of women in the benefits generated by these projects.

Collective Intelligence

Increased participation and benefit-sharing for women, strengthening the planning, and decision-making.

Our ongoing work

August 22, 2023

ANNOUNCEMENT: 3G WORKSHOP

As part of the Gendering Green Generation project funded by the Canadian Cooperation (IDRC),  UM6P organized a workshop in collaboration with the FAO, for exchanging knowledge and sharing experiences on successful gender-related projects and initiatives for women's empowerment conducted in Morocco . The discussions in this workshop, held on July 11, 2023 in Rabat,  revolved primarily around the following guiding questions: - How to stimulate and anchor the institutionalization of Gender? - Exchange and sharing

August 18, 2023

ANNOUNCEMENT: HOUSEHOLD AND INDIVIDUAL SURVEYS

From June 21st to June 25th, trained project members, specifically equipped to conduct the survey,  carried household and individual surveys with residents of villages from five municipalities in the Rehamna province (Sidi Ali Labrahla, Ait Hamou, Ait Taleb, Bouchane, and Labrikyine). The surveys involved 350 individuals and 240 households, and were performed using a standardized questionnaire to help compare the results and later subject the collected data to statistical analysis. The outcome of these surveys

August 18, 2023

ANNOUNCEMENT: WORKSHOPS ON GENDER MAINSTREAMING IN REHAMNA

The 3G project team organized fruitful workshops on May 22nd, 23rd, and 24th with the aim of assessing the integration of gender dimensions in the rural development sector. The first session brought together professionals from the agricultural sector (ONCA, DPA, Agricultural Chamber) to identify challenges encountered since the launch of the Green Morocco Plan and to formulate recommendations for equitable rural development. The second meeting focused on the gender approach at the level of territorial

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