The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) will address the issues of gender equality, empowerment of women, and development cooperation at its High-level Segment, to be held from 28 June – 2 July 2010 in New York. In preparation for these discussions, the Council will organize a series of preparatory meetings. The first of these meetings, >> Read more
Publications: Female Participation in African Agricultural Research and Higher Education New Insights
Authors: Nienke Beintema and Federica Di Marcantonio This report presents the results of an in-depth benchmarking survey on gender-disaggregated capacity indicators, covering 125 agricultural research and higher education agencies in 15 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. This is the first study of its kind to present detailed human resources data on female participation in agricultural science, >> Read more
Multimedia: Videos from Global Conference on Ag. Research for Development
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/10479539] Mary Mtoola is an urban farmer, living and working in Kibera, the second largest slum area in Africa. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/10479725] Mosammat Morzina Begum and her husband Mohammad Afsar Ali are rural farmers in the district of Bogra, Bangladesh. For more videos
Event (DC): Global Youth Enterprise & Livelihoods Development Conference
Making Cents International's 2010 Global Youth Enterprise & Livelihoods Development Conference September 15-16, 2010 Hosted by The Inter-American Development Bank Conference Center 1350 New York Ave., NW Washington, DC 20577 After an extensive global consultation with stakeholders in this field, the following themes have been identified as priority areas for the field this year and >> Read more
Publications: Comparing Food and Cash Transfers to the Ultra-Poor in Bangladesh
Bangladesh has some social safety net programs that transfer food to the poor, some that transfer cash, and some that provide a combination of both. This study evaluates the relative impacts of food and cash transfers on food security and livelihood outcomes among the ultra poor in Bangladesh and includes an extensive analysis of gender-impacts >> Read more
News: Women & Mobile A Global Opportunity
A study on the mobile phone gender gap in low and middle-income countries by GSMA Development Fund, the Cherie Blair Foundation & Vital Wave Consulting "Mobile phone ownership in low and middle-income countries has skyrocketed in the past several years. But a woman is still 21% less likely to own a mobile phone than a >> Read more
Event: Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting special focus on women and girls
Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting, Sept 21-23 2010 In 2009, the Annual Meeting had a special focus on girls and women, and in 2010 the topic will be elevated into its own Action Area. Subtopics may include Women and Entrepreneurship; Access to Education for Adolescent Girls; Maternal Health; Women-led Approaches to Climate Change Advocacy and >> Read more
Net Resource: Impact Evaluation and Gender – Measuring What Works, What Doesn’t and Why?
Impact Evaluation and Gender - What Works, What Doesn't, and Why was a BBL hosted by the World Bank Group Gender Action Plan (GAP) to highlight DIME (Development Impact Evaluation Initiative) and GAP collaboration on how to mainstream gender into the World Bank's impact evaluation work. The meeting (held on March 1st) focused on different >> Read more
News: Gender Aware Response to Natural Disasters
"Any response to natural disasters should bear in mind the gender dynamics that disadvantage women and recognize that the disasters can present an opportunity for establishing some sort of balance where there was none before. Reconstruction can be an important time to right gender wrongs. For instance, deeds to new houses can be registered jointly >> Read more
Event (DC): Expanding Stigma-Reduction Strategies to Strengthen HIV Programs: The Case of Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission
Don't miss ICRW's next Insight to Action seminar, Wednesday, March 31, 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m Reducing stigma and discrimination can dramatically improve the lives of people affected by HIV. With more than 33 million people living with the virus and an estimated 2.7 million new infections in 2008, the need for intensified action has >> Read more
