IFPRI staff and colleagues have launched a new website dedicated to their study of cash transfers and IPV. Check it out here: https://www.cash-ipv.org/
NEW FROM IFPRI AUTHORS:
Happy belated International Day of Rural Women! Reaching women farmers with information on climate smart agriculture by Damilola Aladesuru and Claudia Ringler The International Day of Rural Women, celebrated every year on October 15, focuses attention on their essential role in producing food and driving rural development. Unfortunately, many obstacles also prevent them from excelling in >> Read more
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Communications Officer, Gender and Social Equality (Global)
Click here for more information and to apply. From the job announcement: "The candidate will be assigned to the Gender and Social Equality (HER+) Initiative and will work closely with the Initiative team and will report to the Initiative lead. The candidate will also work closely with other Communications & Outreach (C&O) colleagues across the >> Read more
Call for cases: Integrating gender into breeding objectives and decisions – what works, where and why?
The GENDER Platform has issued a call for cases about gender and breeding. "To help make breeding efforts more gender responsive, the CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform, in collaboration with the International Potato Center (CIP) and Gender Responsive Researchers Equipped for Agricultural Transformation (GREAT), seeks to identify experiences across the globe in integrating considerations of gender >> Read more
JOB OPPORTUNITY:
From the job posting: "The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) a CGIAR Research Center, is seeking applications from highly motivated individuals as Regional Researcher -Sustainable Food Systems – A Gender Transformative Approach. "The Regional Researcher will lead the planning, design, and implementation of gender-transformative transdisciplinary research on how climate impacts shape agriculture-water-food systems in the >> Read more
NEW FROM IFPRI AUTHORS: Measuring Women’s Empowerment: Gender and Time-use Agency in Benin, Malawi and Nigeria
Title: Measuring Women's Empowerment: Gender and Time-use Agency in Benin, Malawi and Nigeria Click here to access the journal article Abstract Time use, or how women and men allocate their time, is an important element of empowerment processes. To extend this area of study, this article proposes and explores the concept of time-use agency, which >> Read more
JOB OPPORTUNITY: The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is looking for a gender assistant scientist
The International Rice Research Institute seeks applications for an Assistant Scientist, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) position for the One CGIAR’s Initiative on Securing the Food Systems of the Asian Mega-Deltas for Climate and Livelihood Resilience (AMD). AMD (Asian Mega Delta) aims to support governments, NGOs, private sector and local communities in the Mekong, >> Read more
EVENT: Guide to Formulating Gendered Social Norms Indicators in the context of Food Security and Nutrition
Date and time: Jul 21, 2022 03:00 PM in Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna Click here to register From the event announcement: The measurement of shifts in social norms is relatively new to programming that targets food security and nutrition. At present, there is no standard or validated set of social norms indicators, and there is >> Read more
EVENT: Gender in Field Research, Gender in Academia: Navigating Multiple Identity Positions
From the annoucement: The Women and Gender in International Development Discussion Series is organized by the Center for International Research, Education, and Development and is an InclusiveVT initiative of Outreach and International Affairs. The series offers an opportunity for scholars and development practitioners to share their research and knowledge surrounding gender and international development with the Virginia >> Read more
NEW FROM IFPRI AUTHORS: Gendered barriers and opportunities in Kenya’s informal dairy sector: Enhancing gender-equity in urban markets
Click here to read the paper ABSTRACT Informal milk trading in peri-urban Nairobi plays a key role in supporting both livelihoods and nutrition, particularly among poor households. Gender dynamics affect who is involved in and benefits from milk trading. To better understand gendered constraints and opportunities in informal, peri-urban dairy marketing, a qualitative study was >> Read more
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