"Women have grown cocoa here for decades, but on farms owned by their husbands or male partners. Agathe wants to put an end to traditions that make access to land a “men’s affair”. Coffee-cocoa farms owned by women, not only extend their involvement in agriculture beyond growing foodstuffs but ensure that women become business partners, >> Read more
News: Malawi Patrilineal Inheritance Prevents Women’s Access to Land
"LILONGWE, Mar 9 (IPS) - Mercy Gondwe, 51, from Rumphi in northern Malawi, was married for 34 years. When her husband died in 2008, she assumed she would inherit the land they had been cultivating together since they got married. But this was not the case. Gondwe’s brother-in-law took over the ownership of the land >> Read more
Research Methodology: Social Network Mapping & Gender Analysis
In Eva Schiffer's NetMap blog, Schiffer discusses integrating a gender dimension into her social network mapping analysis rice parboilers in Nigeria with interesting results. To see the post on gender & NetMap analysis
Event Tonight: The Power of Girls’ Education in International Development
The Power of Girls’ Education in International Development Presented by the International Development Studies Program, GW Elliott School of International Affairs Thursday, April 1 6:00 – 8:00pm Room 505, Elliott School of International Affairs 1957 E St., NW Washington DC, 20052 Development practitioners, researchers, and donors are increasingly accepting the importance and power of girls’ >> Read more
Event: Exploring climate change, food security and global health, and why women are the key to lasting solutions
Population Action International Women and Global Health Exploring climate change, food security and global health, and why women are the key to lasting solutions The Obama administration has announced an ambitious global health initiative which seeks to broaden and integrate our approach to global issues, including HIV/AIDS, family planning and reproductive health, neglected tropical diseases, >> Read more
CPRC Brief: ‘Curbing dowry practices: an anti-poverty imperative’
Peter Davis Kathryn Bach Abstract It has been recognised that dowry in South Asia hinders women’s empowerment and can serve as a cause of violence against women. A recent study in Bangladesh highlights that dowries also have serious economic repercussions, with families identifying dowry payment as a leading cause of impoverishment. This policy brief also >> Read more
Academic Publications: Mothers’ human capital and the intergenerational transmission of poverty
CPRC working paper on: The impact of mothers’ intellectual human capital and long-run nutritional status on children’s human capital Guatemala Jere R. Behrman Alexis Murphy Agnes Quisumbing Kathryn Yount Abstract Many prior studies find significant cross-sectional positive ordinary least squares (OLS) associations between maternal human capital (usually maternal schooling attainment) and children’s human capital (usually >> Read more
Multimedia: East Africa Report on Women in Agriculture
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIoPxhz-gBs] Featuring information on the CGIAR's Gender & Diversity African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) program.
Event: TEDxWorld Bank Group event on Global Challenges in the New Decade
TEDxWorld Bank Group event on Global Challenges in the New Decade will be held on April 23, 2010 in Washington, DC. The event will encourage conversation and debates on critical issues such as gender, climate change, agriculture and water. The event speakers are: Irene Khan on gender issues, Nancy Roman on agriculture, Jason Clay on >> Read more
Resource: ‘Engendering Agricultural Reseach’ GCARD presentation
At the Global Conferences on Agricultural Research for Development (G CARD) in Montpelier France, IFPRI's Ruth Meinzen Dick presented on 'Engendering Agricultural Research' a paper co-written by Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Agnes Quisumbing, Julia Behrman, Patricia Biermayr-Jenzano, Vicki Wilde, Marco Noordeloos, Catherine Ragasa & Nienke Beintema To see this GCARD Engendering Agricultural Research power point presentation For >> Read more
