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National Workshop for Gender Mainstreaming in Agriculture and Forestry

This workshop aims to disseminate the TA accomplishments and the-whole-of-MAF mechanism for gender mainstreaming.

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At the end of the workshop:

• Best practices accumulated through the externally-funded gender-integrated projects are disseminated; and
• Concrete measures for the advancement of women to be adopted by the four functional offices, namely Directors of MAF offices (departments and MAF), planning, personnel and extension services for the next twelve months, are discussed and made public as commitment.

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All key stakeholders of gender mainstreaming in MAF (namely Directors of MAF offices, namely departments and MAF, gender focal point officers from the departments and all other participants:

• understand their respective roles within the-whole-of-MAF mechanism for gender mainstreaming and reporting/liaison/consultation responsibilities;
• understand the steps involved in the establishment of the-whole-of-MAF-mechanism for gender mainstreaming that are adaptable to their own workplace contexts;
• gain knowledge about some of the replicable measures for the promotion of gender equality (based on best practices), why they are needed and how they contribute to the overall effectiveness of any investment or project/program interventions.

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Participants are from:

• MAF Departments, NAFRI, NAFES
• Provincial Agricultural and Forestry Offices (PAFOs) throughout the country
• Gender Focal Points from Line Ministries, LAO NCAW Secretariat, UN Donors and International Agencies

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• Dr. Ty Phommasack, Vice Minister
• Mr. Chanthaneth Sihamano, Government counterpart
• Dr. Kasumi Nishigaya, Consultant