Knowledge and innovation are key drivers for sustainable growth and prosperity in Europe. Extensive research has demonstrated that the quality of research and development benefits significantly from adding gender as a critical success factor. The first European Gender Summit, to be held in November 2011 in Brussels, will network key players from all sectors to initiate >> Read more
News: Women compete better when they are in teams, research finds
[Source: Guardian] Nearly two-thirds of the "gender competition gap" – the gap between the likelihood of men or women to enter a competition – disappears when people are offered the chance to compete in two-person teams rather than as individuals. Academics Andrew Healy and Jennifer Pate claim that their findings, published in the Economic Journal, >> Read more
Publication: Governing Climate Funds: What Will Work for Women?
As the international community mobilizes in response to global climatic changes, climate funds must ensure the equitable and effective allocation of funds for the world’s most vulnerable populations. Women and girls, disproportionately vulnerable to negative climate change impacts in developing countries, have largely been excluded from climate change finance policies and programmes. A report by >> Read more
Upcoming Publication: Girls Grow: A Vital Force in Rural Economies
An upcoming report by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Girls Grow: A Vital Force in Rural Economies will evaluate the role of adolescent girls in the developing world and identify opportunities for national governments and bilateral donors to equip these girls to be agents of economic and social change. This report serves as the next volume >> Read more
Publication: World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development
This year's World Development Report: Gender Equality and Development, published by the World Bank, argues that gender equality is a core development objective in its own right. It is also smart economics. Greater gender equality can enhance productivity, improve development outcomes for the next generation, and make institutions more representative. The Report also focuses on four >> Read more
Event (DC): Outgrowing the Gender Gap in Competitiveness
Jeffrey Flory (University of Maryland) Kenneth Leonard (University of Maryland) John List (University of Chicago) Presented by Kenneth Leonard Wednesday, September 14, 2011 World Bank Room MC3-570, from 12:30 to 2:00 PM Several studies show consistent results that men and women have different preferences for selecting into competitive environments. A few recent studies have qualified >> Read more
New website on gender and agriculture launches
Access it here:- www.genderinag.org.
Event: Transforming Agricultural Development and Production in Africa: Closing Gender Gaps in Policy and Practice 13 Nov – 17 Nov, 2011
The Salzburg Global Seminar, in cooperation with the UN International Fund for Agricultural Development with support from the Belgian Fund for Food Security, is hosting a special "Dialogue for Action" to identify successful and innovative actions that accelerate rural agricultural development in Africa by empowering and investing in women. For more information and details, please >> Read more
News: Ghana: Group Puts Women’s Inheritance Rights Under Spotlight
Source: AllAfrica 03/08/2011 The right of women to inherit their deceased husbands is one that has faced great resistance from adherents of traditional customs and some religious sects in most African societies, and therefore requiring concerted efforts to bring about the needed change that will recognise women as equal partners in relationships, with inalienable right >> Read more
Event (DC): Gender and Islam in Africa: Rights, Sexuality, and Law
The Middle East Program, Africa Program, and Environmental Change and Security Program of the Woodrow Wilson Center present a book launch Gender and Islam in Africa: Rights, Sexuality, and Law with Margot Badran Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center and Senior Fellow, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim Christian Understanding, Georgetown University Gender and Islam >> Read more
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