June 18-20, 2010 Toronto, Canada This energizing summit will bring together a diverse community of Oxfam supporters, academics, advocates, researchers, policy-makers, and activists from around the world to discuss poverty and development as it relates to women. It is a unique opportunity to strengthen connections while collaborating on approaches to advancing women's rights, women's empowerment, >> Read more
Publication: Cultivating Global Food Security A Strategy for U.S. Leadership on Productivity, Agricultural Research, and Trade
By Johanna Nesseth Tuttle, J. Stephen Morrison, Senator Robert P. Casey Jr., Senator Richard G. Lugar, and Representative Betty McCollum, cochairs Apr 27, 2010 These recommendations from leaders in government, business, academia, and the nongovernmental and philanthropy communities emphasize the importance of U.S. leadership and commitment to improving food security and making agriculture a priority >> Read more
Publication: Gender and Development: An Evaluation of World Bank Support, 2002-08
Gender and Development: An Evaluation of World Bank Support, 2002-08 This book assesses the effectiveness of the World Bank's 2001 gender strategy and the results from it. Findings include include redoubling efforts to institutionalize the accountability framework and develop the monitoring system envisioned in the 2001 Gender Strategy, establishing a results framework, and restoring a >> Read more
Publication: (World Bank) Economic Opportunities for Women in the East Asia and Pacific Region
Economic Opportunities for Women in the East Asia and Pacific Region By Amanda Ellis, Daniel Kirkwood, and Dhruv Malhotra This book brings together data and available evidence on the constraints that female entrepreneurs in the East Asia and the Pacific Region region face with regard to: access to assets, business regulations and governance issues, and >> Read more
News: Greater Support Needed For Botswana’s Women Farmers
GABORONE, May 5, 2010 (IPS) - On the outskirts of Botswana’s capital, Gaborone, Charity Molefhi is learning the ropes of the horticulture industry. The 32-year-old former insurance consultant is one of many female farmers who are actively participating in Botswana’s agricultural sector to boost food security, employment creation and increase the sector’s contribution to the >> Read more
News: Nigeria’s only queen in a land of kings
Kunbwada, Nigeria (CNN) -- In a region ruled by kings, the people in the Nigerian village of Kunbwada are celebrating their Queen. They say a curse means any man who attempts to be king in this community will die mysteriously. That makes Queen Hajia Ahmed of Kunbwada the only traditional woman ruler in conservative Northern >> Read more
Funding: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) with L’Oreal Corporate Foundation
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) with L'Oreal Corporate Foundation UNESCO and L'Oreal co-sponsor Fellowships for Young Women in Life Sciences. A maximum of three young women (under age 35), from each of five geo-cultural regions of the world, will be awarded research grants in biology, biotechnology, agriculture, and other life sciences. Special >> Read more
Funding: Young Women Knowledge and Leadership Institute (YOWLI)
African Women’s Millienium Initiative (AWOMI) is organizing the 3rd Young Women Knowledge and Leadership Institute (YOWLI) in Dakar, Senegal over 3 weeks from December 2010 to January 2011. YOWLI was set up to enable young women of African descent to widen their leadership horizons, enhance their knowledge base and actively engage in monitoring and fighting >> Read more
Resource: The Global Monitoring Report 2010, the MDGs After the Crisis
What is the human cost of the global economic crisis? This year’s Global Monitoring Report (GMR) examines the impact of the worst recession since the Great Depression on poverty and human development outcomes in developing countries. Although the recovery is under way, the impact of the crisis will be lasting and immeasurable. GMR provides a >> Read more
Funding Opportunity
Norway has several RfPs available in order to strengthen Norwegian research on and for development in low- and middle-income countries as well as strengthen research capacity in these countries. There are opportunities available for research on “Women’s rights and gender equality” and “Globalisation of the environment, energy and climate research”. See the following website for >> Read more
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