The women who grow more than half the world's agricultural produce have gained international recognition and aid since the start of the global food crisis in 2007.(..)Last March in two counties in northern Liberia, the World Food Programme, known as WFP, began purchasing rice from local communities for school nutrition programs, rather than importing food >> Read more
News: “Incomprehensible” Absence of Women in Global Environment Policy
Julio Godoy interviews WEDO activist SANDRA AKPÉNE FREITAS IPS Genderwire BONN, Aug 5, 2010 (IPS) - There is a vacuum in the various texts that currently regulate global policy against climate change: specific mention of the effects of global warming on women and of the role women can play in protecting the environment. That glaring >> Read more
News: Gender Bias Holds Back Africa Women Agricultural Researchers, Business Daily Africa, August 6
A report released in June 2010 by ActionAid International shows that small holder farmers, majority of whom are women, are responsible for 90 percent of food grown in Africa and produce about a half of the world’s food supply. Yet the women scientists are rarely involved in scientific agricultural research or leadership positions in that >> Read more
News: Deputy Prime Minister Outlines Vision for International Development,
Press Release, UK Department for International Development, July 27 A pledge to put women at the "front and centre" of aid with a new emphasis on girls’ education and family planning is a key element of a new reform plan to achieve the Coalition Government’s objectives on international development, the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg. >> Read more
Consultation: DFID reproductive, maternal and newborn health
DfID has launched an open consultation on reproductive, maternal and newborn health to inform their future work in this area. Improving reproductive, maternal and newborn health in the developing world is a major priority for the British government. DfID would like to hear from people in the UK and around the world – to help >> Read more
News: Garment Factories, Changing Women’s Roles in Poor Countries
By VIKAS BAJAJ NY Times While visiting garment factories in Bangladesh on assignment recently, I met young women who had migrated from villages to the city in search of jobs that they needed to support their families back home. It is a fairly standard story in this part of the world. What struck me, however, >> Read more
News: On World Population Day, Women Remain Empty Handed
On World Population Day, for women living in the developing world, having a child can be dangerous. Lack of financing, poor infrastructure, and broken supply chains mean that women are often unable to get basic supplies that ensure a healthy pregnancy and safe delivery. A new documentary, Empty Handed: Responding to the Demand for Contraceptives, >> Read more
News: Pakistan–Slowly, Women Gain Ground through Land Ownership
By Zofeen Ebrahim IPS Genderwire BADIN, Pakistan, Jul 13, 2010 (IPS) - "I told my husband if he ever hits me (again), I’ll pack up and go to my parents who live just round the corner, and he will lose the land I got," says Jannat Gul of Tando Bagho village here in this southern >> Read more
News: Women at Forefront of Resisting Climate Change
By Stanley Kwenda IPS Genderwisere JOHANNESBURG, Jul 7, 2010 (IPS) - The Mozambican government has adopted various policies to address the effects of climate change, with special attention to women as studies show that they are more adversely affected by this phenomenon. The south-east African country, with its coastline of 2,700 km stretching along the >> Read more
News: African Studies Give Women Hope in H.I.V. Fight
By CELIA W. DUGGER NY Times VULINDLELA, South Africa — With an AIDS vaccine still out of reach, two rigorous new studies have found different ways to sharply cut H.I.V. infections among women and schoolgirls, who make up a majority of the newly infected in sub-Saharan Africa. Women who used a vaginal microbicidal gel containing >> Read more
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