Land rights are particularly important for women’s empowerment and gender equality (…) but they continue to be systematically denied their rights to inheritance, especially in rural areas. The newest issue of ILC’s Framing the Debate series on Islamic inheritance laws and their impact on rural women in Muslim societies finds an interconnected mix of legal, educational, economic, >> Read more
UN Women Virtual Dialogue and Webinar: Theory of Change and Feminist Pedagogies in Training for Gender Equality
Despite its growing popularity, training for gender equality currently lacks conceptual clarity on two core issues: a theory of how change occurs through training; and how feminist pedagogical principles can be applied to training to evoke such change. To generate debate on these issues, the UN Women Training Centre will host a Virtual Dialogue from >> Read more
RESOURCES: Gender and conflict
Conflict affects men and women, boys, and girls differently – understanding these dynamics is central to effective conflict-sensitive programming. From September-December 2016, Peace Exchange, a USAID-funded community of practice hosted on DME for Peace, will be launching a campaign focused on Gender and Conflict issues. Throughout the campaign, Peace Exchange will be organizing webinars, sharing >> Read more
EVENT: Launch of a Public-Private Partnership to Support Gender-Responsive SDGs Monitoring and Accountability
UN Women’s new Flagship Programme Initiative "Making Every Woman and Girl Count" is holding an official launch event on Wednesday 21 September, from 1:15pm to 2:30pm in the ECOSOC Chamber at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Please see the attached event flyer for further details about the event and our featured guest speakers. For those unable to attend, remote participation will be possible via >> Read more
WEBINAR: Gender in Agriculture Partnership: Closing the gender data gap for agricultural policy and investment
View the original announcement here. Date: 4 October 2016 Time: 15.30 CET (Rome); Duration: 1.5 hours max Women represent, on average, 43 percent of the global agricultural labour force, and considerably more in many developing countries (FAO, 2011). Yet, we lack basic data on what women do in agricultural value chains, their access to resources, technology, >> Read more
FUNDING: Innovate and Learn Grants
Voice has opened its first global call for grant applications. The facility supports the most marginalised and discriminated people in ten low- and lower-middle income countries in Africa and Asia. Voice is an initiative by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is executed by a consortium between Oxfam Novib and Hivos. The first call for proposals is designed to >> Read more
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: Paula Kantor Award for Excellence in Field Research
The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) is now accepting nominations for the second annual Paula Kantor Award for Excellence in Field Research. This award will be given to a young female researcher who is a citizen of a sub-Saharan African country and will honor outstanding achievement in the field of gender and empowerment of women and girls. The >> Read more
EMPLOYMENT: East Africa Gender Data Research with DataShift
Call for researchers: East Africa Gender Data Research DataShift is seeking researchers to assess gender data availability, quality and comparability in Kenya and Tanzania; related to SDG 5 and other related targets and indicators in the SDGs framework. Interested? Read the full terms of reference and apply by 31 August 2016. http://civicus.org/thedatashift/news/call-for-researchers-east-africa-gender-data-research/
EMPLOYMENT: CARE International Gender in Emergencies Coordinator
Gender in Emergencies Coordinator (Operations) The CARE International Gender in Emergencies Coordinator (Operations) leads on integration of gender into operational aspects of CARE’s humanitarian work and acts as a coordination point to mainstream best practices and standards for gender equality in emergencies. The position maintains close coordination with staff in the CARE Emergency Group (CEG), >> Read more
EVENT: Gender Just Food and Nutrition Security in India
Reposted from the India Food Security Portal. The India Food Security Portal is organizing a second national conference on ‘Gender Just Food and Nutrition Security in India’ on August 29, 2016 at the Indian Habitat Centre in New Delhi as a follow-up to an event on ‘Gender Just Food Security’ that was organized by IFPRI on December 14-15, 2015 >> Read more
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