Overview
The role involves undertaking analytical and technical activities to strengthen gender mainstreaming within Ghana's cocoa sector, contributing to a national Cocoa Gender Policy and a Gender Baseline Study.
Key Responsibilities
- Review existing national policies, strategies, reports, legislation, research publications, and datasets relating to gender and Ghana's cocoa sector.
- Develop an inception report detailing the study methodology, sampling framework, workplan, and data collection tools.
- Provide technical support in developing gender-sensitive quantitative and qualitative research instruments.
- Conduct field data collection across selected cocoa-growing regions.
- Assess gender disparities in access to land and productive resources, agricultural inputs, finance, extension and advisory services, participation in producer organizations and leadership structures, labour allocation and workload distribution, household income control and benefit sharing, climate resilience and vulnerability, access to markets, technologies, and digital services, and youth and women's participation across the cocoa value chain.
- Analyse quantitative and qualitative data using appropriate statistical and thematic analysis techniques.
- Prepare a comprehensive Gender Baseline Study Report highlighting key findings, challenges, opportunities, and recommendations.
- Review existing draft Cocoa Gender Policy and related documents.
- Ensure consistency with Ghana National Gender Policy, National Cocoa Development Strategy, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), African Union Gender Strategy, and other relevant national and international frameworks on gender.
- Organize and facilitate policy validation workshops.
- Incorporate comments and recommendations from stakeholders into the revised policy.
- Present study findings during stakeholder consultation meetings.
- Submit periodic progress updates.
- Produce high-quality technical reports in accordance with FAO standards.
Required Experience
- Minimum of five (5) years of relevant professional experience in gender analysis, policy development, social research, or agricultural development.
- Demonstrated experience conducting gender assessments and baseline studies.
- Experience supporting policy formulation and validation processes.
- Familiarity with Ghana's cocoa sector and agricultural policies will be considered an asset.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree (Master's or PhD) in Gender Studies, Development Studies, Agricultural Economics, Rural Development, Sociology, Public Policy, or a related field.
