Thursday 20 September 2007

The SEAGA Programme


The Socio-economic and Gender Analysis (SEAGA) Programme was established in 1993 to promote gender awareness when meeting development challenges. It involves a partnership between the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Labour Organization (ILO) the World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

SEAGA has produced an excellent range of gender-related publications that are available for download free from their website including their excellent Handbooks series (this is the field level handbook). These provide practical information on how to undertake socio-economic and gender analysis at the macro, intermediate and field levels. Each Handbook presents case studies and tools to help development and gender practitioners collect, analyse and use information. Each Handbook also suggests methods for integrating the findings to policy programme and project identification and formulation.

Finally SEAGA has also produced a useful guide for those people facilitating the collection of gender disaggregated data for agriculture and rural development.

I am sure that SEAGA has much useful information and resources for local rural development and gender practitioners.

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