The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Development (AFA) and Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN) agreed to undertake an outcome-based evaluation of the ten provincial training activities conducted from May –December 2010, under a twoyear Rural Women’s Leadership Project (RWLP), supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) through the Government of Norway. Led by the Gender Research Consultant commissioned by AFA, the evaluation mobilized the services of five PAKISAMA staff from OctoberDecember 2011 and yielded significant stories, analyses and recommendations for the continuing enhancement of the gender mainstreaming efforts of PAKISAMA, AFA member in the Philippines, a national federation of peasant organizations which has been at the forefront of the agrarian struggle together with other civil-society organizations in the Philippines.
PAKISAMA's goal is to empower the Filipino farmers and fisherfolks through its two main strategy components of: (a) federation building and b() conceptualizing and promoting sustainable integrated area development as a development framework with all its members. Its federation building is focused on strengthening members' internal capacities to effectively participate in agrarian reform and rural development implementation, including improving their operational, financial and organizational systems. Connected with this task, PAKISAMA focuses on strengthening two of its sectoral organizations: the rural women groups (LAKAMBINI-PAKISAMA) and fisherfolk groups (MAMAMAYANPAKISAMA).
