DevPro is conducting a Gendered Value Chain study on Dairy, OFC (Other Fruit Crops), and Horticulture across North, Uva, and Central Provinces to support the THRIVE Project – ‘Together for Her: Resilience-building, Inclusivity, and Voices for Equality’, jointly implemented by UN Women and Chrysalis, with funding support from the Government of Australia.
The project aims to strengthen women’s economic resilience, inclusivity, and leadership in post-disaster and shock-affected districts, including Badulla, Monaragala, Nuwara Eliya, Mannar, Kilinochchi, and Colombo.
Sri Lanka faces high climate vulnerability, gender inequalities, and recurrent economic shocks, which disproportionately affect women from marginalized communities, including women with disabilities, women-headed households, and plantation-sector workers. Cyclone DITWAH further deepened these challenges, disrupting value chains, causing income losses, and increasing unpaid care and protection burdens.
Within this context, DevPro is conducting a district-specific gendered value chain study using Emergency Market Mapping and Analysis (EMMA), Gendered Value Chain Analysis (GVCA), and a Market Systems Development (MSD) approach.
𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫-𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝.