by Kata Fustos (PRB) (April 2010) Numerous studies have demonstrated the positive impact of girls' education on child and maternal mortality, health, fertility rates, poverty, and economic growth. Yet less than 2 cents of every dollar spent on international development is directed specifically toward adolescent girls, and they remain at the margins of international development >> Read more
News: Labour Market Shuts Out Women (South Africa)
Not only do women experience a higher rate of unemployment compared to men, but women also make up about two of every three discouraged work seekers. The recent economic crisis has also disproportionately affected women, with the number of females who are no longer economically active rising sharply between 2008 and 2009. South Africa's long >> Read more
Resource: Young Feminist Wire launch
The Young Feminist Activism and Communications teams at AWID are thrilled to share with you the launch of the Young Feminist Wire, an online platform for young women working on women's rights and gender equality everywhere around the world. The Wire is a hub of information by, about, and for young feminists: tools and resources, >> Read more
Event:Tackling HIV related Stigma and Discrimination in South Asia Lessons Learned
The World Bank South Asia AIDS Team & ICRW invite you to attend the following event at the 37th annual Global Health Council Conference on International Health Tackling HIV related Stigma and Discrimination in South Asia: Lessons Learned When: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Although HIV prevalence in South Asia is low overall, HIV >> Read more
Database: World Bank Frees Up Development Data
The World Bank Group now offers free access to more than 2,000 financial, business, health, economic and human development statistics (including ones on gender) that had mostly been available only to paying subscribers. This effort will allow access to data and information from the World Bank's databases. For more information, visit the website:data.worldbank.org.
Resources: The Drum Beat – Issue 541 – Women’s Political Engagement
How can communication strategies, tools, and activities enhance women's political participation and candidacy toward enhancing gender equity and democracy and governance around the world? This issue of The Drum Beat examines this question by providing a sampling of summaries from our various knowledge sections. From the Communication Initiative Network - where communication and media are >> Read more
News: Food or Cash? New IFPRI study assesses the effectiveness of transfer programs
What makes a more effective social safety net program: transfers of food, or cash? The question is hardly academic. Governments, international agencies, and non-governmental organizations must decide whether to provide the world’s poorest people with cash, food, or a mixture of the two. In recent years, many have begun favoring cash transfers over food aid. >> Read more
News: G CAP – As 20,000 people from all parts of the world gathered in Bolivia to attend the People’s World Summit on Climate Change, GCAP launched a Coalition of Climate Communities in a side event during the summit.
“Communities who are living with the affects of Climate Change should not be seen as victims,” said Chrisitan Mamai, a representative of the community of Yakupacha in Cochabamba, Bolivia, “We are agents of change. Our traditional knowledge, our history of living in harmony with forests and nature means we have a significant contribution to make >> Read more
News: Intl Fund for Women and Girls
"U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has not only been busy plotting foreign aid reform plotting foreign aid reform. The longstanding advocate for women’s rightslaunched several initiatives for women entrepreneurs in the developing world during an April 28 entrepreneurial summit in Washington. The new Secretary’s International Fund for Women and Girls will provide grants to non-governmental organizations working >> Read more
Multimedia: Video recording of Ruth Meinzen-Dick presenting on ‘Engendering Agricultural Research’
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