Joint Oxfam and ActionAid paper prepared by Nidhi Tandon, Marc Wegerif and Catherine Access it here: http://landforafricanwomen.org/sites/default/files/docs/Rural%20Women%20and%20Corporate%20Investment%20in%20African%20Land.pdf
Resource: Social Institutions and Gender Index
Social Institutions and Gender Index The Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) is a new composite measure of gender equality, based on the OECD’s Gender, Institutions and Development Database. It complements and improves existing measures in several ways. While conventional indicators of gender equality capture inequality more...
Resource: New Chicago Council report calls for increased investment in rural adolescent girls
London October 2011 – Adolescent girls living in rural areas of the developing world have untapped potential to drive economic development and help meet the world’s future food supply needs, says a new report released by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Girls Grow: A Vital Force in Rural Economies (PDF) identifies opportunities to empower rural girls >> Read more
Multimedia: Women and Agriculture: A Conversation on Improving Global Food Security
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State See the two videos and transcription of the conversation on http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2011/09/172739.htm
Resource: EAtas of Gender
The World Bank has launched the World Bank eAtlas of Gender, a companion of the recent World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development, were several IFPRI staff contributed. You will find maps gender related indicators:wages, earnings, mean age at marriage, leave benefits, school enrolment rates, violence against women and more—over time and across countries). >> Read more
News: 2010 Society for the Anthropology of Work Book Prize awarded to The Gender of Globalization (SAR Press)
You can access the Table of Contents, read excerpts and the external reviews of the book at this link of the publisher: http://sarweb.org/?sar_press_gender_of_globalization-p:sar_press_advanced_seminar_series
Publication: Do Shocks Affect Men’s and Women’s Assets Differently? A review of literature and new evidence from Bangladesh and Uganda
A new IFPRI Discussion Paper, Do Shocks Affect Men’s and Women’s Assets Differently? A review of literature and new evidence from Bangladesh and Uganda is now available. This paper attempts to expand understanding of the gender-differentiated impact of shocks on assets through a literature review on shocks and gendered asset dynamics and an analysis of new >> Read more
Publication: Environmental and Gender Impacts of Land Tenure Regularization in Africa: Pilot Evidence from Rwanda
Although increased global demand for land has led to renewed interest in African land tenure, few models to address these issues quickly and at the required scale have been identified or evaluated. The case of Rwanda's nation-wide and relatively low-cost land tenure regularization program is thus of great interest. A new working paper paper by >> Read more
News: In Kenya, Survey of Female Farmers Uncovers Challenges
A World Bank survey in Kenya that seeks women’s input and data to inform agricultural policy shows that female farmers have limited access to water, energy and finance, and few women own property they can use as collateral for loans. As agriculture becomes ‘feminized’ and men abandon farms to work in cities, policies must change to >> Read more
Call for papers: Gender in Science Institutions and Knowledge Systems
The 7th International Interdisciplinary Conference to be held in 2012 in United Kingdom has issued a call for papers for the conference theme of "Gender in Science Institutions and Knowledge Systems". The call for papers is attached here.
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- 31
- …
- 74
- Next Page »
