From 12 to 14 August 2024 in Niamey, the main players and partners involved in implementing the West African Food System Resilience Programme (PRSA) in Niger acquired in-depth knowledge of the methods and techniques for taking better account of the gender and youth dimension in the programme.
To help reduce inequalities and disparities between the sexes and exclusion in the agro-sylvo-pastoral sector and food and nutritional security, the Niger PRSA is committed to taking into account the specific needs of disadvantaged groups such as women and young people. As a reminder, the first phase of the PRSA in Niger targets 600,000 direct beneficiaries, at least 40% of whom will be women.
The training course, which was designed to help take account of the specific needs of disadvantaged groups such as women and young people, was chaired by the National Coordinator of the PRSA, who in his opening address invited participants to become closely involved in the work and to put forward suggestions for optimising contributions to balanced, inclusive and sustainable development.
The meeting was attended by members of the PRSA National Coordination Unit, representatives of the regional branches and all the partner structures involved in implementing the programme. It was chaired by CORAF's Gender Advisor, Dr Mariame Maïga, assisted by PRSA-Niger's Social Development Specialist/Gender Focal Point and PRSA-Niger's GBV Specialist.
