International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)2022-07-192022-07-192022http://hdl.handle.net/10625/61176Women’s empowerment in the livestock sector is essential to progress towards gender equity and to fostering livestock development. Livestock provide key opportunities for women’s empowerment because they are more easily controlled by women than other high-value assets, especially land. Livestock provide animal source foods that are key for women’s traditional role in securing household nutrition. Also, women already represent the majority of livestock keepers, and their empowerment is necessary for the livestock sector to develop further.application/pdfenLIVESTOCKLIVESTOCK PRODUCTIVITYWOMEN LIVESTOCK KEEPERSWOMEN'S EMPOWERMENTGLOBALFinal Technical Report