National policy conferences
To facilitate effective dissemination and policy influence at the national level, PEP provides financial and logistical support for researchers to organize policy conferences, through which they can directly communicate and discuss their PEP research findings to an audience of policy makers, advisors and other stakeholders, in their home countries.
Advocating for diversification to increase income and wellbeing in rural Senegal
June 15, 2021 | Senegal
A team of local PEP researchers held a national policy conference online to discuss how to improve rural women’s wellbeing by encouraging non-farm diversification in Senegal.
Promoting measures to protect women smallholders from climate shocks in Lesotho
May 28, 2021 | Maseru, Lesotho
A team of local PEP researchers held a national policy conference to discuss policies that can help Lesotho’s rural women protect their livelihoods against floods and droughts.
Promoting biomass power in Côte d’Ivoire
May 6, 2021 | Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
A team of local PEP researchers held a national policy conference to discuss how decentralized electrification through biomass power plants can improve rural women’s empowerment.
Discussing improvements to Malawi’s farm subsidies
April 29, 2021 | Malawi
A team of local PEP researchers held a national policy conference online to discuss how to improve gender equity through better targeting of Malawi’s farm input subsidies.
Encouraging innovative microcredit in Benin
April 20, 2021 | Cotonou, Benin
A team of local PEP researchers held a national policy conference to discuss how to improve microfinance programmes to better address the needs of rural women entrepreneurs.
Two PEP teams advocate for women-focused policies in Nigeria
March 25, 2021 | Abuja, Nigeria
Two local PEP project teams held a joint national policy conference to share how women-focused policies are key for rural productivity and food security in Nigeria.
Discussing the benefits of providing more land to women in the DRC
March 19, 2021 | Democratic Republic of the Congo
A team of local PEP researchers held a national policy conference online to discuss how increasing women’s land allocation can reduce gender inequalities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
PEP researchers in Malawi hold national conference to encourage financial inclusion by improving mobile money use
September 30, 2020 | Lilongwe, Malawi
A team of local PEP researchers held a national policy conference to discuss how training and text messages can promote mobile money use and increase financial inclusion in Malawi.
PEP researchers in Mongolia hold national conference to highlight how free childcare can improve mothers’ employment
September 10, 2020 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
A team of local PEP researchers held a national policy conference to discuss how a national free childcare program can improve mother’s wages and job prospects in Mongolia.
PEP researchers in Nigeria hold national conference to share how a production subsidy can boost the renewable energy sector, growth and employment
March 11, 2020 | Abuja, Nigeria
A team of local PEP researchers held a national policy conference to discuss how a production subsidy can boost the renewable energy sector, growth and employment in Nigeria.