Picture of the week: GESI workshop at ACES in Rwanda

Students photographed during the Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) workshop, at the ACES Rubirizi campus in Kigali, Rwanda.

The GESI workshop brought together 16 individuals – including food scientists, civil engineers and HVAC technicians - to discuss: 

• The importance of integrating GESI in the cold-chain sectors 
• GESI fundamental concepts such as differences in sex/gender, gender roles and intersectionality 
• The three key domains of the GESI framework: needs, access, and participation, and their ten sub-domains that provide a structured approach to GESI analysis. 
• Safeguarding and SHEA (Sexual Harassment, Exploitation, and Abuse) policies 

Mireille Isimbi who took this image, reflects on her role as a female photographer in a male dominated industry: ‘’It has been a long journey to where I am now since we are not given equal opportunities despite our capacities. We are still very underestimated. And in the past that hurt sometimes.”