Women, Children, and Families

our approach

Social inclusion is not just the right thing to do — it’s also critical to achieving sustained growth in the agriculture sector. Every one of our programs integrate inclusion principles from end-to-end, starting with our program designs. 

Our inclusion philosophy centers around driving meaningful change through action, acknowledging that progress will only be achieved if we hold ourselves and our programs accountable. We prioritize families, women, and youth – making the needs and priorities of women, children, young people, and families a central part of our work to close development gaps. For example, our Gender Integration Toolkit summarizes industry best practices to help our colleagues and partners ensure that they are integrating gender considerations in every stage of the project lifecycle. We also adopt an integrated positive youth development approach that promotes youth empowerment and leadership to strengthen market systems. Through this approach, we enable young people to take advantage of viable agribusiness options while we support their business start-ups and