USAID/Khartoum is inviting applications for grants to support agricultural innovation in Southern Sudan. It seeks to develop innovative alliances that strengthen agricultural organizations in both the public and private sectors and including areas related to crop production, harvesting, processing and storage; irrigation utilization; livestock marketing and health; transportation of agricultural goods; and marketing infrastructure. Applicants >> Read more
Event (BERLIN): 1ST ANNUAL WOMEN ADVANCEMENT FORUM – AFRICA 2010
ABN GLOBAL EVENTS South Africa in association with ABN Nigeria and their global partners are pleased to invite you/your nominations to a Female Gender Forum. Theme: WOMEN ADVANCEMENT: THE ACTUALISATION OF MDGs. Venue: HOTEL PALACE, Berlin, Germany. Date: 19-28 September, 2010 OBJECTIVES 1) Perceptions on women’s participation in politics 2) Opinions and suggestions on possible ways active participation >> Read more
Resource: Last call to apply for Voices of Our Future!
There are just a few more days left to apply for Voices of Our Future, the World Pulse online citizen journalism and Web 2.0 training program! To apply you must join the VOF Applicants Group by 11:59pm PST on September 14.From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, over 300 women have already signed up for this exciting training >> Read more
Resource: New from IFPRI on Gender Summer 2010
IFPRI Discussion Papers Amber Peterman, Agnes Quisumbing, Julia Behrman and Ephraim Nkonya on ‘Understanding gender differences in agricultural productivity in Uganda and Nigeria’ Neha Kumar and Agnes Quisumbing on ‘Does Social Capital Build Women’s Assets: The long-term impacts of group–based and individual dissemination of agricultural technology in Bangladesh.’ Neha Kumar and Agnes Quisumbing >> Read more
Publication: Natural Resource Managment :The Impact of Gender and Social Issues
This book reveals how innovation in natural resource management can contribute to rural poverty reduction. Drawing from research throughout eastern and southern Africa, the contributing authors present a synthesis of lesson from both policy and practice. They look at various multi-stakeholder more...
Resource: IPS MDG3 Quarterly Newsletter
August issue of IPS MDG3 quarterly newsletter reporting the work done by IPS internationally and regionally, alone and with the MDG3 partners, within the project Communicating for Change: Getting Voice, Visibility and Impact for Gender Equality. Read or download the full newsletter - http://www.ips.org/mdg3/MDG3_Newsletter_5.pdf
Publication: Does Social Capital Build Women’s Assets?
Neha Kumar and Agnes Quisumbing This paper investigates the long–term impact of agricultural technologies, disseminated using different implementation modalities, on men’s and women’s asset accumulation in rural Bangladesh. Data were collected in 1996–97 to examine the effects of the adoption of new vegetable varieties and polyculture fishpond management technologies on household resource allocation, incomes, and >> Read more
Publication: Gender & Value Chains
The overall purpose of this study is to examine which gender issues are important when and where in value chains – based on findings of existing evaluations complemented by other relevant studies. The focus in this report is on development interventions that explicitly or implicitly employ a value chain approach. Coverage is not limited to >> Read more
Online Forum: Gender and Trade
Gender and trade will be the subject of a high level panel in this year's WTO Public Forum. The panel, entitled "Doing it differently: Reshaping the global economy" will be held on Thursday 16 September 10-12. As part of the organization of this event the WTO has set up an on-line forum to encourage an exchange of >> Read more
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