Some of the foods that would most enhance nutrition in diets in the developing world are also the riskiest in terms of food safety. Numerous health risks exist along the value chain for livestock and fish products, from production to consumption. In this post on the Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) Gender-Nutrition Idea Exchange >> Read more
Call for Proposals: Symposium on Inclusive Growth and Development
As part of its Global Challenge Initiative on Economic Growth and Social Inclusion, the World Economic Forum is compiling a structured compendium of public, corporate and multi-stakeholder ideas and experiences regarding the pursuit of inclusive growth and development. To advance this research, the Forum is inviting suggestions of specific practices, policies and ideas that should >> Read more
Event: Moroccan Women, Activists, and Gender Politics: An Institutional Analysis
World Bank Gender Group CCSA is organizing an event, "Moroccan Women, Activists, and Gender Politics: An Institutional Analysis," Wednesday, April 8, 2015, 12:00pm-1:30pm at the World Bank, J 9-044, 701 18th St NW RSVP here Eve Sandberg will discuss "Overcoming Political and Cultural Constraints: Successful Women's Organizing in the Moroccan Case" based on her book with Kenza Aqertit, Moroccan Women, >> Read more
Event: Pathways to improving impact: Funding women’s leadership and food security in Africa
April 13, New York City: This funder learning exchange brings together foundations prioritizing gender justice, the right to food, access to land, agroecology and promotion of women’s rights in the face of climate change. It will facilitate the sharing of strategies and identify ways to increase the quantity and quality of financial and other resources >> Read more
New publication: What dimensions of women’s empowerment matter for nutrition in Ghana?
Abstract: This paper investigates linkages between women’s empowerment in agriculture and the nutritional status of women and children using 2012 baseline data from the Feed the Future population-based survey in northern Ghana. Using a new survey-based index, the women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index, we conduct individual-level analyses of nutrition-related indicators including exclusive breastfeeding, children’s dietary diversity >> Read more
New publication: Gender mainstreaming in agroforestry
The World Agroforestry Center has published a new guide for designing and implementing gender research in agroforestry. The guide presents the steps for integrating gender in agroforestry along the stages of the research and development (R&D) cycle: needs assessment, project design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. Available here.
IFPRI Gender Methods Seminar: Managing Risk with Insurance and Savings: Experimental Evidence for Male and Female Farm Managers in West Africa
Presented by Clara Delavallade, Research Fellow, IFPRI Markets, Trades, and Institutions Department The public is welcome to join the seminar via GoToMeeting (instructions below). The screencast of this event is available here, and the Powerpoint presentation here. Abstract: Despite growing policy interest in offering financial products to help rural households manage risk, the literature is still >> Read more
Closing the gender gap in farming under climate change: New knowledge for renewed action
Watch the presentations from the March 19 seminar organized by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS) with the videos now available, here: http://ccafs.cgiar.org/closing-gender-gap Objectives of the seminar on "Closing the Gender Gap" included sharing key research results related to gender, climate change, agriculture and food security; discussing how such results are being used or >> Read more
Event: Gender, Land and Violence – A Case Study of Three Indian States
Gender, Land and Violence - A Case Study of Three Indian States by Dr. Govind Kelkar - Landesa, India Tuesday, March 31, 2015 10:00 am - 11:30 am at the Heinrich Boell Foundation - North America 1432 K Street, NW, #500 Washington D.C., 20005 Light refreshments will be served RSVP Now! Background: Dr. Kelkar will present >> Read more
Job opportunity: Senior Scientist – Gender Specialist with WorldFish in Malaysia
Background: WorldFish has an opening for a Gender Specialist with demonstrated excellence in designing, implementing, analyzing, and producing high quality scientific outputs in relation to gender in rural development contexts. WorldFish has made a particular commitment to gender mainstreaming in its research programs and to a gender positive environment in its workplace. To that end, >> Read more
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