Because Women Matter: Designing interventions in food, nutrition and agriculture that allow women to change their lives

Are you in charge of rural development/nutrition programmes but are not sure how to mainstream gender considerations and promote equality? This guide is for you.

DEVCO ​C1 has published its guide: Because Women Matter - Designing interventions in food, nutrition and agriculture that allow women to change their lives.



Women are essential in rural development and nutrition security. This guide takes DEVCO staff in the delegations through the steps necessary to design an intervention in food, nutrition and agriculture that is informed by a robust gender analysis.

By using this guide, EU staff can design interventions that not only increase food and nutrition security, but also promote the equal rights of women and girls, thereby leading to more sustainable development outcomes.

This Guide supports the institutional culture shift that is envisaged in the EU Gender Action Plan (2016-2020) as essential if the EU is to successfully integrate gender equality dimensions more effectively into the design of investments in food and nutrition security and sustainable programmes.



If you have any questions please contact Maria Ketting (maria.paris-ketting@ec.europa.eu) in DEVCO C1