Livestock are a powerful but neglected asset for hundreds of millions of families. Reducing gender disparities is essential to realizing their potential to reduce poverty and malnutrition and expand economic opportunities for everyone and especially for women and girls.

Reduce the barriers that limit women’s access to resources, services and information crucial for managing livestock-related businesses that can generate benefits for themselves, their families and communities.

When women and men have equal control over their livestock—and the products and income they generate—they can build successful livestock enterprises and businesses

Identifying new ways to empower women livestock keepers and developing solutions informed by local gendered beliefs and normative behaviours will deliver more robust interventions and outcomes