AusAID is launching a new Australian Non-Government Organization (NGO) program in Africa, called the Australia Africa Community Engagement Scheme (AACES). In line with AusAID’s Africa program, AACES aims to contribute to measurable outcomes for people in three priority sectors: water and sanitation, women and children’s health, and food security. Partnership Agreements will be developed and >> Read more
New Discussion Papers from IFPRI with a Gender Component
Food Security and Economic Development in the Middle East and North Africa: Current State and Future Perspectives Clemens Breisinger, Teunis van Rheenen, Claudia Ringler, Alejandro Nin Pratt, Nicolas Minot, Catherine Aragon, Bingxin Yu, Olivier Ecker, Tingju Zhu Assessing Food Security in Yemen: An Innovative Integrated, Cross-Sector, and Multilevel Approach Olivier Ecker, Clemens Breisinger, Christen McCool, >> Read more
Opinion: Empowering the mothers of Africa, by Grace Mukasa
"In his blog last month about the experiences of Katine women who are participating in village savings schemes, Richard M Kavuma was right to conclude that there is still much to do to change attitudes towards women's empowerment. And it is not only the attitudes of men that need to change, but also of women >> Read more
Brief: Rural women and agriculture in the MENA by CIHEAM
This briefing note will attempt to shed the light on some facts and figures related to the status of rural women in the MENA, all the while focusing on the main challenges to be taken into account in terms of rural women's entitlements in the MENA. These key features can then help delineate where the >> Read more
News: Asia, Merali, and CARE Foundations Together Launch University Scholarship Program for Young Pakistani Women
Source: The Asia Foundation SAN FRANCISCO, June 2 PRNewswire-USNewswire Many young Pakistani women from low-income families can only dream of going to college or university. Now, however, some disadvantaged young women will have the chance for their dream to come true. With a generous donation from the Shirin Pandju Merali Foundation, established by Pandju Merali >> Read more
Event: OECD, UNIFEM, ICRW: Panel Discussion: “From Behind the Scenes to the Forefront: Gender Equality, Social Institutions and the Millennium Development Goals”
1 July 2010 Room B, NLB United Nations Headquarters 760 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017 1.00pm-2.45pm The OECD, ICRW and UNIFEM are organising a lunchtime panel discussion in New York on Thursday, 1 July 2010 on "From Behind the Scenes to the Forefront: Gender Equality, Social Institutions and the Millennium Development Goals". The >> Read more
Multimedia: Female Participation in African Agricultural Research and Higher Education; New Insights
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Event: UN Television Debate, “Face to Face” on the theme, “Women’s Empowerment, Development Cooperation and Culture”
http://www.un.org/en/ecosoc/tvdebate Organized in the context of the 2010 ECOSOC Annual Ministerial Review on Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, and the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures Wednesday, 30 June 2010 4 p.m. Location: Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium, United Nations Headquarters Objectives: The debate will address an important nexus in today’s human development: >> Read more
Multimedia: PPT on Gender Research at IFPRI; Strategic Directions and Reflections
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Event: The 2010 NEUDC Conference will be held at MIT November 6th and 7th 2010
Deadline for Papers: August 2, 2010 The Northeast Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC) Conference is a major forum in development economics. NEUDC has organized annual conferences in development economics since 1967. The location and sponsorship of the annual NEUDC conference usually rotates among the organizing institutions: Boston University, Brown University, Cornell University, Harvard University, MIT, Tufts >> Read more
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