The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Asia Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI) are jointly organizing Global Conference on Women in Agriculture (GCWA) on 13-15 March 2012 at National Agricultural Science Centre Complex, Pusa, New Delhi, India in Co-sponsorship with GFAR, FAO, IDRC, TAAS and RAGA. Her Excellency, The President of India >> Read more
Event: “How joint property rights to land empowers women in Peruvian peasant communities”
Henrik Wiig, Ph.D. Department of International Studies Norwegian Institute of Urban and Regional Research Wednesday, November 16, 2011 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm International Food Policy Research Institute Conference Room 8A Abstract: The Peruvian government enforced joint ownership between spouses to agricultural land in the formalization process even though the civil code of the country >> Read more
Publication: Gender issue in climate change discourse: theory versus reality
Authors: Baten,Mohammad; Khan,Niaz Produced by: Bangladesh Online Research Network; BDResearch.org.bd (2010) Even though gender has become one of the themes of analysis in development policy discourse, it has received little emphasis in climate change policies. By reviewing literature related to climate change and gender, this paper finds that women are more vulnerable to climate disasters >> Read more
Event: Genderinag.org website launch
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 Panel discussion and site tour 3:30–5:00 p.m. Room MC 7-100 (1818 H Street, NW - Main Complex) Genderinag.org is an online forum designed to provide access to resources, tools and information which can help practitioners and other stakeholders mainstream gender into agricultural development. Genderinag.org is dedicated to raising gender awareness >> Read more
Publication: Understanding the Complexities Surrounding Gender Differences in Agricultural Productivity in Nigeria and Uganda
We investigate gender differences in agricultural productivity in Nigeria and Uganda. Results indicate persistent lower productivity on female-owned plots and among female-headed households, accounting for a range of socio-economic variables, agricultural inputs and crop choices using multivariate tobit models. Results are robust to inclusion of household-level unobservables and alternative specifications that account for decisions to >> Read more
Publication: “A woman and Her Land”
The Uganda Land Alliance recently conducted a field study in 8 districts to establish the progress women have made vis avis their rights to land. The districts covered were: Amuru, Apac, Gulu, Pader, Hoima, Kyenjojo, Mubende and Jinja. Between May and July 2011, a Documentation Team embarked on field trips to the study districts and >> Read more
Publication: Gender & agroforestry in Africa: Are women participating?
This report synthesises the results of a review of 104 studies on gender and the adoption of agroforestry in Africa, and aims to identify strategies that challenge gender imbalances in development initiatives. It explores women's participation in agroforestry, including their ability to manage agroforestry practices, access to agroforestry information, and how they benefit from agroforestry. >> Read more
Policy Brief: Women and Food Insecurity
The UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW) is dedicated to supporting research that promotes social justice and equality and disseminating it widely. I am writing today to share with you CSW’s recently initiated publications series rethinking public policy on gender, sexuality, and women’s issues. Each CSW Policy Brief presents research in support of >> Read more
Publication: World Bank Report Women, Business and the Law 2012: Removing Barriers to Economic Inclusion
About the Women, Business and the Law Project: The project measures how regulations and institutions differentiate between women and men in ways that may affect women’s incentives or capacity to work or to set up and run a business. Women, Business and the Law objectively measures such legal differentiations on the basis of gender in >> Read more
Publication: Better Access to Water Raises Welfare, But Not Women’s Off-Farm Work
Authors: Gayatri Koolwal & Dominique van de Walle In the developing world, poor rural women and their children spend considerable time collecting water. Do women living in areas where more time is needed for water collection tend to participate less in income-earning, market-based activities? Do the education outcomes of their children tend to be worse? >> Read more
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