A new paper synthesizing findings and “lessons learned” from four of the Gender, Assets, and Agriculture projects (LandOLakes, CARE-Bangladesh, HarvestPlus REU, and HKI Burkina Faso) is available online on the Agriculture and Human Values journal website. Abstract: Strengthening the abilities of smallholder farmers in developing countries, particularly women farmers, to produce for both home and the market >> Read more
Gender-sensitive governance e-course offered February-March 2015
This free web-based course provides participants with a general grounding in the current concepts of governance from a gender perspective and offers some examples and resources for applying these within key governance institutions, with a focus on governments. Note - this is the third in-take for this course. Previous sessions were run in September and >> Read more
Quick reads on gender and agriculture: time use, migration, and nutrition
Collecting accurate time use data is notoriously challenging, and gender norms relating to definitions of work can even further obscure accurate time use reporting. Monica Jain of HarvestPlus offers her lessons learned on addressing complexities of measuring women's time use in Bangladesh on the Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) Gender-Nutrition Idea Exchange blog. On the SecureNutrition blog, Nitya >> Read more
Call for proposals: Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women (GrOW)
The Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women (GrOW) program has announced a new call for research proposals. This call, on the effects of patterns of growth on women’s economic empowerment aims to generate new evidence on the impact of specific growth patterns, and which public policies and interventions can ensure that the positive effects of >> Read more
Webinar: Women’s economic empowerment in inclusive market systems development
This learning series will take place over the first half of 2015, bringing you the chance to closely engage with key experts on conceptual and practical issues around women’s economic empowerment in inclusive market systems. Through a thought-provoking sequence of webinars, e-discussions and social media engagement, participants will learn about good practices, practical implementation considerations and >> Read more
Resources available from the second Gender-Nutrition Methods Workshop
Reposted from the A4NH Gender-Nutrition Idea Exchange blog On December 2-4, 2014, the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) held the second annual Gender and Nutrition Methods Workshop, hosted by Bioversity International in Rome. Following the successful first A4NH gender-nutrition workshop held in 2013 in Nairobi, this year convened over 40 researchers >> Read more
Bearing the fruit of action: Gender-responsive participatory research and collective management of Native Fruit Trees
A new post by Narasimha Hegde of LIFE Trust, Hugo A. H. Lamers of Bioversity International, and Marlene Elias of Bioversity International on the Landscapes for People, Food, and Nature blog discusses gender-responsive participatory action research methods for the sustainable management of native fruit trees. Identifying knowledge differences between men and women from different socio-religious and cultural groups, and subsequently providing exposure on >> Read more
New post from EnGendering Data Blog: Interviewing spouses: Separately or together?
EnGendering Data, the new blog on collecting and analyzing sex-disaggregated data, has a new post from Carmen Diana Deere discussing important considerations when interviewing male and female heads of households. The traditional survey protocol of interviewing only one person—usually the self-reported household head—assumes perfect information within the household and that the head knows about all of >> Read more
Statistics workshops from US Census Bureau, including gender statistics training
The International Programs Center for Technical Assistance at the U.S. Census Bureau has just announced its 2015 statistical workshop series. Gender Statistics for Data Users will be offered July 20-24, 2015. For more information, including course descriptions, please visit their website: census.gov/population/international. Read on for list of other workshops.
2014 World Survey on the Role of Women in Development: Gender Equality & Sustainable Development
The World Survey on the Role of Women in Development is a UN Secretary-General report mandated by the Second Committee of the General Assembly and comes out every five years. The 2014 report focuses on gender equality and sustainable development, with chapters on the green economy and care work, food security, population dynamics, and investments >> Read more
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