Agnes Quisumbing of PHND recently authored a blog in response to the Gates Foundation's 2019 Annual letter. Read the blog here!
WEBINAR: ‘Changing gender norms in agriculture projects – What works in Pakistan and Ethiopia’
The CG Gender Platform will host a webinar about ‘Changing gender norms in agriculture projects - What works in Pakistan and Ethiopia.' DATE: Thursday, February 28, 2019 2:00 pm, Europe Time (Amsterdam, GMT+01:00) DESCRIPTION: Gender-related social norms dictate how men and women act in society, the roles they play and the behaviors they aspire towards. Social norms >> Read more
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Senior Gender Expert (Mali)
Background The Mali Sub-National Governance Project (SNGP) aims to support the Malian government (Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Finance) to develop sound policies, structures, systems and processes to more efficiently, effectively and responsibly deliver services to their citizens, with a particular focus on health and education. SNGP is taking advantage of renewed >> Read more
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: MILEAD Fellows Program
Deadline: February 22nd Eligibility: 19 to 25 year old African women The MILEAD Fellows Program is a program to identify and develop a new generation of young, African women to promote leadership across Africa. The program seeks young women interested in developing leadership skills to address issues facing women and girls across communities in Africa. Click >> Read more
NEW FROM IFPRI AUTHORS: Time-use analytics: An improved way of understanding gendered agriculture-nutrition pathways
TITLE: Time-use analytics: An improved way of understanding gendered agriculture-nutrition pathways ABSTRACT: There is a resurgence of interest in time-use research driven, inter alia, by the desire to understand if development interventions, especially when targeted to women, lead to time constraints by increasing work burdens. This has become a primary concern in agriculture-nutrition research. But are time-use >> Read more
EVENTS: (Belated) International Women and Girls in Science Day
The IFPRI communications team developed a social media campaign to honor International Women and Girls in Science Day. Click this link to view the campaign - which highlights IFPRI's women research staff and why they decided to go into science.
NEW FROM IFPRI AUTHORS: Social networks, mobility, and political participation: The potential for women’s self-help groups to improve access and use of public entitlement schemes in India
TITLE: Social networks, mobility, and political participation: The potential for women’s self-help groups to improve access and use of public entitlement schemes in India ABSTRACT: Women’s self-help groups (SHGs) have increasingly been used as a vehicle for social, political, and economic empowerment as well as a platform for service delivery. Although a growing body of >> Read more
NEW FROM IFPRI AUTHORS: Measurement properties of the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index
TITLE: Measurement properties of the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index ABSTRACT: Given the need for valid measures of women’s empowerment to monitor SDG5 and design advantages of pro-WEAI, an assessment of its measurement properties is warranted. This paper has three aims: 1) to assess in two GAAP2 projects the measurement properties of survey question >> Read more
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2019: MARCH 8th
Per UN Women: The theme for International Women’s Day 2019, which will take place on 8 March, is “Think equal, build smart, innovate for change”. The theme will focus on innovative ways in which we can advance gender equality and the empowerment of women, particularly in the areas of social protection systems, access to public >> Read more
WEBINAR: Women Inheriting Land: Rights and Realities
Host: Landesa and the Working Group for Women and Land Ownership (WGWLO) with support from the NRMC Center for Land Governance and the Land Portal Foundation. Date: February 22, 2019 Time: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM IST (1:30-3:00 PM CET or 7:30-9:00 AM EST) Click here for more information and to register
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