FAO has launched a new e-learning course to help policy-makers and agricultural planners develop gender-responsive policies and programmes for food and nutrition security. The total curriculum consists of 14 lessons, ranging from approximately 10 to 80 minutes duration, and takes 13 hours to complete in its entirety.
New toolbox for gender and inclusion in climate change projects
After much anticipation, the Gender and Inclusion Toolbox: Participatory Research in Climate Change and Agriculture, presenting gender-sensitive and socially inclusive participatory action research methods, was finally launched yesterday in Nairobi via a well-attended live-streamed event! The launch coincided with the International Day of Rural Women to emphasize the need for more relevant, gender-responsive methods and tools >> Read more
In celebration of International Day of Rural Women: Seven reasons rural women are key to climate adaptation
Originally posted on IFPRI.org: http://www.ifpri.org/blog/un-international-day-rural-women We know more and more about what our planet faces as climate change intensifies and greenhouse gas emissions lead us on a probably irreversible path of global warming and uncertain rainfall patterns, at least for the next four decades. As policymakers prepare for another round of climate change negotiations in December in >> Read more
Funding Opportunity: Gates Foundation launches new Grand Challenges
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is now inviting applications for three new Grand Challenges, including one related to gender and development: Putting Women and Girls at the Center of Development - focusing on a rigorous understanding of women’s and girls’ needs and preferences and gender inequalities and supporting new approaches to promote women’s and >> Read more
Launch of Gender and Social Inclusion Toolbox, October 15, International Day of Rural Women
On Wednesday, October 15, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS) and the World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF) will organize a special event launching the Gender & Inclusion Toolbox: Participatory Research in Climate Change & Agriculture. The Gender and Inclusion Toolbox is a participatory methodology guide on how to create socially >> Read more
New updates to GAAP toolkit for collecting gender and asset data
The Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project (GAAP) Gender & Assets toolkit, originally created in February 2012, has been updated to include case studies from each of the portfolio projects, a new section on key "lessons learned", and links to the tools used in each project. The new version of the toolkit can be found here. >> Read more
New Blogpost: The Mighty Shea: How women and men sculpt landscapes – and why this matters for restoration
Marlène Elias, Gender Specialist, Bioversity International & CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry, shares a case study in Burkina Faso on gender and landscape restoration with IUCN. She writes: The shea tree is a prime example of how considerations of gender may be vitally important for the success of landscape restoration efforts. Gendered experiences and expertise shape the >> Read more
Training Opportunity: Designing for Behavior Change in Agriculture and Gender
The TOPS (Technical and Operational Performance Support) program is hosting a five-day Designing for Behavior Change in Agriculture and Gender training in Washington, D.C., November 3-7. The Designing for Behavior Change (DBC) framework helps practitioners to identify behavioral determinants and create a behavior change strategy in their programs. This training will equip participants to utilize the entire >> Read more
New blogpost: Women’s landownership: Why we need to set the record straight
New blogpost by Cheryl Doss (Senior Lecturer in African Studies and Economics at Yale University and Leader of cross-cutting gender research, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets – PIM) and Caitlin Kieran (Senior Research Assistant on Gender, PIM) as part of the CGIAR Talking Science blog competition: Women’s landownership: Why we need to set the >> Read more
New CCAFS Working Paper reveals gender gap in adaptation capacity to climate change in Africa
The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS) has published a new working paper, How resilient are farming households, communities, men and women to a changing climate in Africa? (PDF), that highlights the gender gap in ownership of productive land and access to agricultural support services in Sub-Saharan Africa-- both of which are critical >> Read more
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