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/
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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
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
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
NEW FROM IFPRI AUTHORS: A review of evidence on gender equality, women’s empowerment, and food systems
TITLE: A review of evidence on gender equality, women’s empowerment, and food systems Access article here ABSTRACT: Achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment in food systems can result in greater food security and better nutrition, and in more just, resilient, and sustainable food systems for all. This paper uses a scoping review to assess the >> Read more
NEW FROM IFPRI AUTHORS: Tools and methods for gender research and integration in agricultural value chain, market and entrepreneurship projects
Tools and methods for gender research and integration in agricultural value chain, market and entrepreneurship projects Click here to read the working paper
NEW FROM IFPRI AUTHORS: Tools and methods on gendered design, deployment and evaluation of agricultural technologies
ABSTRACT Agricultural technology and innovation are seldom, if ever, neutral. They may further entrench or help challenge unequal gender norms and relations. However, while studies demonstrate the ways in which agricultural technologies can benefit women, women have often not been consulted during technological innovation. Consequently, their voices, needs and preferences are not reflected in the >> Read more
IFPRI BLOG: Lessons from a decade of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI)
Since its launch in 2012, IFPRI’s Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) has been used by over 230 organizations across 58 countries to track progress in empowerment and gender equality. A Feb. 16 IFPRI event marked the WEAI’s 10th anniversary, focusing on lessons learned over the past decade and potential paths going forward. In particular, >> Read more
NEW FROM IFPRI AUTHORS: Gendered patterns of work and time use: A review of methods and innovations
Gendered patterns of work and time use: A review of methods and innovations ABSTRACT This review paper presents a collection of tools and methodologies for understanding/ studying gendered work patterns and time use, with a focus on agriculture and allied activities. In addition to scoping the literature for methods, it also offers new methodological insights >> Read more
NEW FROM IFPRI AUTHORS: International Day of Rural Women 2021: Overcoming pandemic and climate challenges
The International Day of Rural Women (Oct. 15) was established more than a decade ago to recognize the central role of women in improving rural development and food security. It was placed directly before World Food Day (Oct. 16) to highlight women’s key roles in agricultural production, in food processing and marketing, as well as >> Read more
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