AfricaAdapt is launching the 2nd edition of the Knowledge Sharing Innovation Fund that promotes new ways of sharing knowledge between African communities. Poor and vulnerable communities in many African countries rarely have the opportunity to share their valuable experience and learn from others formal exchanges of knowledge on climate change adaptation. The Knowledge Sharing Innovation >> Read more
Employment: Oxfam India Program Officer — Gender
Oxfam India is accepting applications for the position of Program Officer – Gender. Description: In line with Oxfam’s strategic plans and policy guidelines, to work under the leadership of the Regional Manager in planning, implementing and monitoring agreed objectives / issues with Oxfam partners, addressing issues of Ending Violence Against Women. Participate in and contribute >> Read more
News: Deputy Prime Minister Outlines Vision for International Development,
Press Release, UK Department for International Development, July 27 A pledge to put women at the "front and centre" of aid with a new emphasis on girls’ education and family planning is a key element of a new reform plan to achieve the Coalition Government’s objectives on international development, the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg. >> Read more
FELLOWSHIP: Synergos Senior Fellows Network
The Syngergos Senior Fellows Network is comprised of distinguished international civil society leaders committed to collaborative efforts that address the underlying causes of poverty and inequity. Launched in 1999, the Senior Fellows program links extraordinary civil society leaders in a worldwide learning, service and action network. The network aims to strengthen the capacity and opportunities >> Read more
Brief: Participatory Research and Gender Analysis,The Work and Impact of a Systemwide Program
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Publication: Understanding gender differences in agricultural productivity in Uganda and Nigeria
Access here We investigate gender differences in agricultural productivity using data collected in 2005 from Nigeria and in 2003 from Uganda. Results indicate that lower productivity is persistent from female-owned plots and female-headed households, accounting for a range of socioeconomic variables, agricultural inputs, and crop choices using multivariate Tobit models. These results are robust to >> Read more
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Publication: Access, Adoption, and Diffusion Understanding the Long-term Impacts of Improved Vegetable and Fish Technologies in Bangladesh
Neha Kumar & Agnes R. Quisumbing (IFPRI) Access it here This paper assesses long-term impacts of vegetable and polyculture fish production technologies on a variety of measures of household and individual well-being in Bangladesh. In 1996–1997, households were surveyed in three sites where nongovernmental organizations and extension programs were disseminating agricultural technologies—about two to six >> Read more
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Resource: IPS Gender Reporting Toolkits Published Online
Chairman, chairwoman, chairperson or chair? Housewife or homemaker? What is so controversial about contraception, the word 'family' or 'sex worker'? Does being gender-sensitive in news mean hiding the genders and sexes of people who appear in them? Inter Press Service announces a third edition of the "Gender and Development Glossary" to offer journalists and writers >> Read more
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