This article argues that it is imperative to take gender into consideration when evaluating the impact of the global food-price crisis and developing crisis-related policies. Consideration of gender is important, given the key role that women play in agriculture, the disproportionate impact that the crisis has on women, and the potential role that women can >> Read more
CALL FOR CONCEPT PAPERS: USAID Gender and Food Security
The United States Government (USG) through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is seeking concept papers first and then full applications from prospective partners to implement activities that create opportunities for women’s leadership and gender equality in addressing food security needs. These activities will contribute to the body of knowledge and effective tools >> Read more
Funding: IDRC call for proposals for Adaptation H2O research awards
The International Development Research Centre's Climate Change and Water program is pleased to launch the call for proposals for its graduate research awards entitled "Adaptation H2O." Adaptation H2O aims to promote important research on the water related impacts of climate change as well as to build the capacity of students working in this field. Adaptation >> Read more
Publication: Agricultural extension services and gender equality An institutional analysis of four districts in Ethiopia
Decentralized delivery of public services has been promoted as a means to enhance citizen voice and make service provision more responsive to users. Ethiopia has undertaken two rounds of decentralization, making first the regional states and then the district governments responsible for providing key public services. This paper explores whether decentralization has improved the quality >> Read more
Publication: Do men and women accumulate assets in different ways? Evidence from rural Bangladesh
This paper examines asset dynamics for husband-owned, wife-owned, and jointly owned assets, using unique longitudinal survey data from rural Bangladesh. Nonparametric and parametric methods are used to examine the shape of the dynamic asset frontier, the number of equilibria, and whether land and nonland asset stocks converge to such equilibria. The paper also investigates the >> Read more
Publication: OECD Gender Initiative Interim Report
Read the Interim Report of the OECD Gender Initiative that was presented at the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the OECD Council at Ministerial Level in May 2011.
Funding: Special Grants Fund deadline extended to 15 July
The Commonwealth Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of a Special Grants Fund for Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Commonwealth Associations (CAs) to undertake strategic and innovative projects that will promote the Commonwealth theme for 2011, ‘Women as Agents of Change’. http://www.commonwealthfoundation.com/NewsArticle.aspx?articleID=162
Event: (DC) ICRW Insight to Action Gender and Property Rights
Securing women’s property rights is increasingly recognized as critical to achieving poverty reduction and gender equality. However, many women are unable to realize their rights. ICRW’s research and program work in gender and property rights aims to advance knowledge on how women’s and men’s property rights are measured and to strengthen community-based programs addressing women’s >> Read more
FELLOWSHIPS: ICRAF Women’s Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) is committed in developing a diverse and strong pool of research scientists, both for strengthening its own institute and for the increasing needs of the developing world. The first round of the Women’s Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Programme which attracted five female scientists in various fields of research study came to >> Read more
Net resource: Getting it Done! An End-of-GAP Technical Symposium
We are pleased to share the website of from April 26-27 2011: http://go.worldbank.org/EMZBX6JFS0 On this newly-launched website, you can access video of all sessions, links to the 35+ presentations, related articles and websites, and an overview of this one and a half day symposium that marked the closing of the World Bank's Gender Action Plan >> Read more
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