The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation recently launched a Gender Equality Toolbox. The toolbox offers several tools, including: Lexicon of gender concepts Conceptual models of women's and girls' empowerment Methods for measuring women's empowerment Evaluating programs as gender unintentional, intentional, transformative Key lessons learned from past gender mainstreaming efforts Guide to integrating gender into your >> Read more
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Professional Fellows Program – Advancing Young Women in Agribusiness
DEADLINE: May 24, 2019 From their website: "The Professional Fellows Program - Advancing Women Agribusiness Entrepreneurs and Innovators hosted at Michigan State University (MSU) connects Ugandan, Tanzanian, and Kenyan agribusiness professionals and entrepreneurs with their counterparts in Michigan for knowledge exchange and capacity building. The program strengthens visiting fellows’ skills in agro-entrepreneurship and agri-food system innovation, >> Read more
WEBINAR: Gender Imperatives of Land Reforms in Kenya
Title: Gender Imperatives of Land Reforms in Kenya Date: 23 April from Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CET (8:00-9:30 ET or 3 PM to 4:30 PM EAT. Click here for more information on the webinar.
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Post-docs with IFAD’s Research and Impact Assessment Division
IFAD's Research and Impact Assessment Division (RIA) is looking for three post-docs as of July 1, 2019. Post-Docs will be based in Rome at IFAD for a two year's appointment as UN Temporary Professional Officer at a P2 level. IFAD is committed to conducting impact assessments on 15 per cent of its project portfolio. The projects are selected >> Read more
CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Women and Gender in International Development Conference
The Women and Gender in International Development Program at the Center for International Research, Education, and Development of Virginia Tech will host the WOMEN AND GENDER IN DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE 2019 from February 28 - March 1. This conference is ideal for students, faculty, practitioners, and interested individuals seeking to learn and network with renowned experts in international >> Read more
RESOURCES: Special Issue of Review of Development Economics on Female Autonomy and Women’s Welfare
The Review of Development Economics has released a special issue on Female Autonomy and Women’s Welfare, accessible here: https://www.wider.unu.edu/publication/female-autonomy-and-women%E2%80%99s-welfare
WEBINAR: The Land Reform Agenda for Kenya
Kenya Land Alliance (KLA), the Government of Kenya, the Land Portal Foundation, and FAO are hosting a webinar on October 10th about "The Land Reform Agenda for Kenya". Per the hosts: Land use and reforms are at the heart of Kenya’s political and economic future stability. Land is an enabler to support manufacturing, access to >> Read more
EVENT: Women, Food, and Ag Network Annual Conference November 2018
Conference dates: November 2-3, 2018 Register by October 2018 WFAN seeks to engage women to create a just and ecological food and ag system through individual and community power. The conference is our opportunity to learn, build a stronger network, and forge connections for long-lasting change. The conference will feature women through regional field tours; >> Read more
EVENT: Addressing gender and social barriers to resilience: Measuring and leveraging household decision making for resilience
Presented by IFPRI and MercyCorps in Washington, DC. This seminar will bring a focus on how three organizations are working to study and shift intra-household decision-making dynamics to strengthen resilience. Presentations will draw on research and programmatic learning from IFPRI’s Gender, Climate, and Nutrition (G-CAN) Initiative and new project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI), >> Read more
NEW FROM IFPRI AUTHORS: Introducing pro-WEAI: A tool for measuring women’s empowerment in agricultural development projects
"In April 2018, the Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project, Phase 2 (GAAP2), launched the pilot version of the Project-Level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI). Pro-WEAI is a new survey-based index for measuring empowerment, agency, and inclusion of women in the agriculture sector. Developed jointly by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the Oxford Poverty and Human Development >> Read more
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