edited by Cecilia Schubert. This story features the work of
Arame Tall, who is currently participating in the 6th
International Conference on Community-based Adaptation (CBA6) in
Hanoi, Vietnam. In an effort to understand how men and women
adapt to climate variability and change to maintain food
security, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change,
Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) initiated a small gender
grants program last year. The selected female grant recipients
are now performing research in a vast variety of areas, on
topics that relate to the linkages between gender and climate
change. The idea was to bring forward gender-responsive research
within CCAFS priority areas, while at the same time build
research capacity among women scientists and increase their
representation in agricultural research. All recipients
therefore perform their research in one of the program benchmark
sites - East Africa, West Africa or South Asia. Leading up to
the release of the final papers, the scientists are beginn