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Recommendations for INTEGRATING GENDER INTO THE REBUILDING AGRICULTURAL MARKETS IN AFGHANISTAN PROGRAM (RAMP) Consultants: Mary Hill Rojas, Senior Manager, Women in Development Project Management Unit Zulaikha Aziz, Project Administrator, RAMP Chemonics International, Inc. April 30, 2004 Submitted to: RAMP and USAID/Afghanistan May 2004 CONTENTS Executive Summary 1 A. Introduction 4 A1. Background 4 A2. RAMP and Gender 5 A3. The RAMP Gender Team 2 A3. The RAMP Gender Team 5 A4. The Need 5 A5. The Methodology 6 B. The Strategy 8 B1. The Geographic Coverage 8 B2. The Partners 8 B3. The Recommendations: 9 1. The Approach 9 2. The Staff 9 3. The Position within the RAMP Organization 10 4. The National Risk and Vulnerability Assessment 10 5. Assessment of Women in the Rural Economy 10 6. Technical Assistance: Strengthen On-going Activities and Develop New 11 7. Reporting and Communications: Gather and Disseminate Results 11 8. Policies and Procedures: Institutionalizing Gender in RAMP 11 9. Coordination and Collaboration 11 10. Integrating Gender into the RAMP Vision 12 ANNEX A Gender Activities of RAMP A-1 ANNEX B United States Interest in Afghan Women B-1 ANNEX C Bibliography C-1 ANNEX D Agenda D-1 ANNEX E Meeting Notes E-1 ANNEX F Contact List F-1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY RAMP, Rebuilding Agricultural Markets in Afghanistan Program, is a project of USAID implemented under a contract with Chemonics International. RAMP will improve food security and increase rural incomes by introducing practical methods for increasing crop and livestock productivity; strengthen agricultural markets by expanding financial services to micro, small and medium-sized agribusinesses; and strengthen farm and agribusiness competitiveness by rehabilitating rural ir