Release of the FAO State of Food and Agriculture Report 2010-11 About the Event Join us for FAO’s presentation of its new State of Food and Agriculture Report 2010-2011, "Women in Agriculture: Closing the gender gap for development." This USAID event will be moderated by Caren Grown, Senior USAID Gender Advisor with remarks from Greg >> Read more

The State of Food and Agriculture 2010–11 (SOFA) makes a strong “business case” for addressing gender issues in agriculture and rural employment. Women make significant contributions to the rural economy of all developing country regions. Their roles vary widely by country and context, yet one finding is strikingly consistent: women in all regions face gender-related >> Read more

Registration is open for the March 15, 2011 Capitol Hill Forum sponsored by the Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development (AIARD) and many other co-sponsors!  Please go to the following link and register as soon as possible for this year's forum "Hunger Won't Wait": http://www.aiard.org/meetings/2011forum/index.htm At the above link you will find the following: >> Read more

ASM COMMUNICATIONS will be hosting on the 18th and 19th of April 2011 at Indaba Hotel, Four Ways, Johannesburg, South Africa. This  Conference will seek to cover the following topical issues: v  Promote women's full and equal participation in African economies. v  Tailor agriculture extension and technical services to women producers and increase the number of women >> Read more

The Overseas Development Institute and The Chronic Poverty Research Centre are pleased to inform you of an upcoming public event at the ODI on 7th March, 10.00am – 12.30pm, in celebration of this year’s International Women’s Day. Expanding Frontiers in Gender and Development represents the final event in a seminar series that has sought to >> Read more

Silvia Helena Barcellos (Rand) Leandro Carvalho (Rand) Adriana Lleras-Muney (UCLA) presented by Adriana Lleras-Muney Wednesday, February 16th 2011 World Bank Room MC3-570, from 12:30 to 2:00 PM There is considerable debate in the literature as to whether boys and girls are treated differently in India. But son-biased stopping rules imply that previous estimates are likely >> Read more

The plight of Africa's many widows has largely been ignored in the work of economists and in policy discussions and actions. In particular, the situation of ever-widowed women who have remarried or been in some way absorbed into male headed households along with, and sometimes without, their dependent children has received scant attention. A review >> Read more

Join ICRW as we kick off our 35th anniversary celebration on March 8, International Women’s Day, with a conversation about breakthrough innovations poised to transform the trajectory of women’s lives. Game-changing Innovations for Women Moderator: Andrea Mitchell, NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Host, MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” Confirmed Speakers: Cherie Blair, Founder, Cherie Blair >> Read more