Sophia Huyer

First name
Sophia
Last name
Huyer
Email
[email protected]
Phone number
+221 78 712 81 41
How do you self-identify or would like to be identified?
Woman
Do you belong to any ethnic minority group of self-identify as an indigenous person?
No
Affiliation, organization, or community
International Livestock Research Institute
Years of professional or activism experience or of knowledge built on specific indigenous expertise
15+ years
Country of residence
Senegal
Languages
English
French
In which geographic region (and sub-region) does your work mostly focus?
Western Africa
Mitigation
Agriculture
Renewable energy
Transport
Adaptation
Agriculture and forestry
Infrastructure and Urban Planning
Climate technologies
Transport
Information and communication technology and digital technologies (AI and ML)
Cross-sectoral enablers
Capacity-building and training
Governance and planning (policy, regulatory systems)
Other
Other (please specify):
Project assessment
Cross-cutting approaches
Gender
Do you have proven experience in gender and climate change issues?
Yes, my work/ area of expertise mainly focuses on gender and climate change
Mitigation
Agriculture
Renewable energy
Transport
Adaptation
Agriculture and forestry
Early warning systems and Environmental assessment
Infrastructure and Urban Planning
Climate Technologies
Agriculture, forestry, land-use, fisheries
Transport
Information and communication technology and digital technologies (AI and ML)
Cross-cutting approaches
Gender
Cross-sectoral enablers
Capacity-building and training
Governance and planning (policy, regulatory systems)
Please provide your short bio reflecting on your academic, professional and practical background

Sophia Huyer is Gender and Social Inclusion Leader for the CGIAR Program Accelerating the Impact of CGIAR Climate Research (AICCRA). She has been working in the CGIAR since 2015, previously with the CGIAR Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). Other positions include Co-Chair of the Gender Advisory Board of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (GAB-CSTD) and member of the USAID subcommittee on Systemic Solutions to Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation and. She is currently an advisor to UN Women on their 2026 Progress of the World's Women report on feminist climate justice.  She is also co-editor at Gender, Technology and Development.  Recent publications include “Addressing gender inequalities and strengthening women’s agency to create more climate-resilient and sustainable food systems in Global Food Security, and “From gender gaps to gender-transformative climate-smart agriculture”, in Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. Sophia held a Fulbright Fellowship at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 2000. She received her Ph.D. from York University in Toronto.

Provide a link to your LinkedIn account
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophia-huyer-a9241512/
Are you interested in being contacted for any of the following
Panelist at climate change event
Advisory in technical assistance project
Contributor to research/publication