Abstract: Given the growing attention to large scale land deals (‘land grabs’), this paper strives to introduce a discussion of the gender dimensions of land deals into the debate. This paper addresses the current information gap on the differential gender effects of large scale land deals that apply in each phase large scale land deals, >> Read more
Fellowship: population, enviornmental sustainability, human security
Since 2001 the Compton Foundation and the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) have collaborated to increase the capacity of outstanding graduate students from sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America to affect policy and/or improve the effectiveness of population, family planning, and reproductive health programs in the developing world. In the spirit of this collaboration and to fulfill >> Read more
Publication: Development & Change Special Issue on ‘Gender Myths and Feminist Fables: The Struggle for Interpretive Power in Gender and Development’
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Publication: IDS Special Bulletin on ‘Quotas: Add Women and Stir?’
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News: gender implications of ICTs
ICT Boom for Economy, A Bust for Some Women By Rosebell Kagumire KAMPALA, Nov 25, 2010 (IPS) - The rapid growth of the ICT market in Uganda has been greeted with optimism over its potential to boost the country’s development. But less attention is being paid to the increase in gender based violence due to >> Read more
Publications: Women & Ag investments
Final Report from Women Leaders Dialogue on Investment in Agriculture Report from Women Leaders’ Dialogue held on October 13th, 2010, FAO (Rome) during the 36th Session of the Committee on World Food Security. It highlights the main inputs from participants and discusses the potential role of the reformed CFS. Gender Implications of Biofuels Expansion: A >> Read more
Resource: 2101 Theme– Structures of Violence: Defining the Intersections of Militarism and Violence Against Women
16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is a global initiative that seeks to: raise awareness at the local, national, and international levels regarding violence against women, strengthen local work, link local and global activism, provide a forum for dialogue and strategy-sharing, pressure governments to implement the commitments they have made in national and international >> Read more
Resource: Toolkit for Integrating Gender-Related Issues in Land Policy and Administration Projects
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Opinion: Bachelet faces uphill battle at U.N. Women
By ANDRES OPPENHEIMER Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet is a smart, highly-educated politician, and a skillful negotiator, but I wonder whether she did the right thing in agreeing to head the United Nations' new agency for women's rights, scheduled to start operating Jan. 1. She will face formidable obstacles to get things done. Her $500 >> Read more
News: KENYA– A Brand New Constitution, But Can Women Enjoy Land Rights?
Suleiman Mbatiah NAIROBI, Nov 23 - Mary Kimani wishes her husband were still alive. Holding her one-year-old son in one hand and a hoe in the other, she recounts with bitterness how she and her children lost their livelihood to her husband’s family.
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