"If we rural women can organize ourselves together to form a bloc, we could accomplish a lot of things," says Yvette Michaud, founder of the National Coordinating Committee of Peasant Women (KONAFAP by its Creole acronym). The committee is a first-ever effort to unite, on a national basis, the voices and interests of this large >> Read more
Resource: Presentations from Inheritance and the intergenerational transmission of poverty event at ODI
Workshop hosted by the Chronic Poverty Research Centre and Overseas Development Institute. Asset ownership supports social mobility. It influences a person’s ability to move out of poverty, underpins household livelihoods and supports coping strategies and investment. Land is the most important asset in low income developing countries and most people gain access to land through >> Read more
Multimedia: MDG 3 and Liberia
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Publication: Global Gender Gap Report 2010
The Global Gender Gap Report 2010 According to the report’s index, the level of gender equality in France (46) has sunk as the number of women in ministerial positions has fallen over the past 12 months. The United States (19) closed its gender gap, rising 12 places to enter the top 20 for the first time >> Read more
Event (DC): Gender, Land Acquisition and Property Rights in Contemporary East and Central Uganda
In celebration of International Rural Women’s Day IFPRI, the World Bank and IFAD present a joint seminar "Gender, Land Acquisition and Property Rights in Contemporary East and Central Uganda” By Allan Bomuhangi (MSc) Yale University On Wednesday, October 13th 2010 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Conference Room 8A 2033 K Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20006 >> Read more
Publication: Stemming girls’ chronic poverty: Catalysing development change by building just social institutions
The Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) is pleased to announce the release of the CPRC Gender report, Stemming girls' chronic poverty: Catalysing development change by building just social institutions. The report intends to feed into discussions on gender, poverty and the MDGs. With a focus on girls, chronic poverty and social justice, it aims to >> Read more
Event (London): Empowering women, reducing child poverty and enabling women to inherit
Tuesday 12 October, 13.00-14.30 - ODI, London It is estimated that women worldwide own only 1-2% of individually titled land. This is despite making up more than 80% of farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Assets can be an important source of social mobility and in low income developing countries land is the key asset. It is >> Read more
Call for Proposals: Fund for Women’s Property and Inheritance Rights in the Context of HIV/AIDS
UNIFEM (part of UN Women), with the generous contribution of the Canadian International Development Agency, today launches a Call for Proposals for the Fund for Women's Property and Inheritance Rights in the Context of HIV/AIDS. The Fund will provide small, catalytic grants totaling US$700,000 in 2010 to grassroots and community-based organizations or networks in sub-Saharan >> Read more
Opinion: A less visible solution to hunger
DAVID KAUCK is senior gender and agriculture specialist at the International Center for Research on Women in Washington "As they gather this month for the World Food Prize Symposium, government leaders, multilateral institutions, civil society and private corporations will again discuss international hunger. Their usual response to this issue is to beef up agricultural production >> Read more
News: U.S. Senate Confirms Nominees for Two Key Positions at USAID
Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is pleased to note the confirmation of Donald K. Steinberg as Deputy Administrator and Nancy E. Lindborg as Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance.
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