Date: December 7th Location: Brussels, Belgium The OECD Development Centre’s SIGI looks at the gaps that legislation, social norms and practices create between women and men in terms of rights and opportunities. The event will highlight 2019 SIGI key messages and inform policy debates on social norms and discrimination against women and girls across the globe. Speakers will share insights on >> Read more

Investing in the Hardest to Reach Girls: Challenges and Opportunities TIME: 8:30am-10:00am LOCATION: 4 West 43rd St., Green Room SPONSORS: ICRW and Save the Children This event will facilitate a conversation among girls, civil society organizations, UN agencies and the private sector around structural obstacles girls face in achieving gender equality. Speakers will highlight data >> Read more

DATES: December 12th LOCATION: Chatham's Eden Hall Campus, Gibsonia, PA ABOUT: PA-WAgN is a powerful network of women farmers, entrepreneurs, educators, service providers and growers, and the Symposium is our annual opportunity to come together for education, inspiration and networking. The keynote address will be presented by Erika Allen, co-founder of Urban Growers Collective, who takes a unique >> Read more

November 15, 2018 3.00pm Central European Summer Time Background information There is an increasing recognition within applied agriculture and natural resource management research that gender equality is a goal in its own right; and accordingly, considerable efforts and resources are now being devoted to ‘mainstreaming gender’ in research and in demonstrating how research contributes to >> Read more

Webinar: Helping smallholder farmers manage risks: Innovations to improve agricultural insurance 19 September, 1pm GMT While agricultural insurance has been around for a long time, its adoption by smallholders around the world has been limited. High costs, asymmetric information, moral hazard, lack of trust are among the reasons. Join our webinar on September 19 to >> Read more

Women’s land: Beyond “access” to rights 7 September, 1pm GMT The CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research is hosting the webinar ‘Women’s land: Beyond “access” to rights‘ on Friday September 7. The webinar is organized in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Register for this webinar

Webinar Aya: 5 strategies for female entrepreneurs to succeed in agribusiness 6 September, 2.30pm GMT Female entrepreneurs in agribusiness fight an uphill battle when it comes to getting access to the power and resources needed to professionalize and scale their business. In this webinar already successful female agribusiness champions share 5 strategies for female agri-entrepreneurs >> Read more