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title: "Gender and Markets Initiative for West and Central Africa"
slug: "gender-and-markets-initiative-for-west-and-central-africa"
updated: 2025-11-27T14:06:31Z
published: 2025-11-27T14:06:31Z
canonical: "vamresources.manuals.wfp.org/gender-and-markets-initiative-for-west-and-central-africa"
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# Gender and Markets Initiative for West and Central Africa

The Gender and Markets Initiative, launched in 2018 by the World Food Programme (WFP)’s Regional Bureau for West Africa Vulnerability Assessment and Mapping (VAM) team with support from USAID, aimed to strengthen the collection and analysis of gender-informed data on the different roles of women and men in markets in West and Central Africa, their challenges and their empowerment.

[Gender and Markets Initiative for West and Central Africa](https://docs.wfp.org/api/documents/WFP-0000170673/download/)