By Elizabeth Bryan, Patti Kristjanson, and Claudia Ringler Until recently, there has been little evidence supporting the need to focus on the gendered dimensions of agriculture and climate change. Why? Because few researchers have been talking to women in agriculture as well as men--both of whom contribute to solving the food security challenges posed by >> Read more
Science on the Pulse: 10 essential reads on gender and land tenure
What are we actually talking about when we refer to women’s land rights? In the lead up to the Global Landscapes Forum event, This land is our land: Perspectives on land access and restoration, Thrive asked the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) to share ten essential articles for gaining an understanding of the key >> Read more
Women, Land and Food event materials now available
The Women, Land and Food event hosted by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), USAID, and Landesa on October 27, 2015, examined the challenges, programming lessons and evidence demonstrating the profound link between land rights, food security and women’s empowerment. Now, you can further explore related event content: Watch a recording of the full discussion View exclusive >> Read more
Special issue of Agri-Gender: The Journal of Gender, Agriculture, and Food Security
Special Issue on Gender and Policies, Markets and Institutions Editors: Jemimah Njuki and Cheryl Doss The Journal of Gender, Agriculture and Food Security (Agri-Gender) is an international, open access, peer-reviewed and refereed journal published by the Africa Centre for Gender, Social Research and Impact Assessment. The main objective of Agri-Gender is to provide an intellectual >> Read more
How Women Can Maximize the Nutrition and Health Benefits of Irrigation for All
In a new A4NH Gender-Nutrition Idea Exchange post, Elizabeth Bryan builds on the agriculture-nutrition framework to examine the gendered pathways through which small-scale irrigation can affect nutrition and health outcomes. Read the blogpost here. Also, in case you missed it: In response to increasing interest in how health has bearings on the gender-agriculture-nutrition framework, A4NH organized a seminar >> Read more
Publication in Dædalus: Invisible Women
New publication from Catherine Bertini in Dædalus, the Journal of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences Abstract: Women are ubiquitous and critical to the nutritional well-being of their families, yet they are often invisible to policy-makers, public officials, community leaders, and researchers. Effecting significant decreases in the number of hungry poor people, as well as the >> Read more
A4NH/IFPRI Gender Seminar: Gender, Agriculture, and Health: Tracing the Links
UPDATE: Recording of the screencast and presentations are now available on Slideshare. The CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) and the IFPRI Gender Task Force invite you to: Gender, Agriculture, and Health: Tracing the Links Three 15-minute presentations from: Kelly Jones on livelihood shocks and sexual health Research Fellow, Markets, Trade, >> Read more
World Bank Group, SVRI To Fund Innovations To Prevent Gender-Based Violence
WASHINGTON, October 13, 2015--The World Bank Group and nonprofit Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) today announced an open call for funding proposals for work aimed at preventing gender-based violence in low- and middle-income countries. SVRI and the World Bank Group will provide grants of up to US$150,000 for innovations to prevent gender-based violence (GBV), a severe and neglected problem affecting more than >> Read more
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Gender and Resilience Workshop in Washington, D.C. on November 3
On Tuesday, November 3 staff from TOPS and TANGO International will host a Gender and Resilience Workshop in Washington, DC. Participants will be given an overview of resilience capacities (absorptive, adaptive, and transformative) through a gender lens and will then have a chance to further examine the impacts through case studies looking at strategies, activities, >> Read more
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