The Gender Action Learning System (GALS) is a community led empowerment methodology that effectively supports comprehensive livelihood planning, gender justice and rural transformation. A number of development organizations promote GALS worldwide; IFAD is leading GALS innovation by supporting its implementation in more than 100 of its investments across different regions.
Over the years, the methodology has evolved to incorporate also aspects related to climate change adaptation and nutrition. As part of its contribution to the Joint Programme on Rural Women Economic Empowerment (JP RWEE), IFAD has been GALS implementing through the support an implementing partners in selected communities of Rwanda, in particular in the districts of Ngoma, Kirehe and Nyaruguru.