Ruth Meinzen-Dick recently published an op-ed in Agricultural and Human Values, titled "Collective action and “social distancing” in COVID-19 responses." Click here to read her thoughts.
NEW BLOG: Trees and forests are key to fighting climate change and poverty. So are women
Our colleagues at the World Bank recently published a new blog called: Trees and forests are key to fighting climate change and poverty. So are women Click here to read the blog!
Happy International Women’s Day!
IFPRI has developed several resources in honor of International Women's Day. Please click the links below to read our various blogs from IFPRI authors and web pages recognizing the work we do to achieve a more gender-balanced world. Spotlight on IFPRI's gender research International Women’s Day: Why raising aspirations may be key to achieving gender >> Read more
NEW FROM IFPRI AUTHORS: A decade ago, women’s empowerment in agriculture wasn’t on the agenda
Ruth Meinzen-Dick of EPTD recently authored a blog, titled "A decade ago, women’s empowerment in agriculture wasn’t on the agenda." Click here to read the whole blog!
NEW FROM IFPRI AUTHORS: Data can be sexist. Here’s how IFPRI is fixing that problem.
Agnes Quisumbing of PHND recently authored a blog in response to the Gates Foundation's 2019 Annual letter. Read the blog here!
NEW FROM THE CG: For women in Africa, working within tradition for change
Our friends and colleagues at CIFOR recently published a blog about African women's role in landscape restoration and sustainable agriculture. They discuss the gendered challenges facing women, and what strategies men and women may use to alleviate the stress of land degradation. Click here to read the full blog!
NEW FROM IFPRI AUTHORS: Does empowering women benefit household members equitably? An analysis of women’s empowerment and dietary quality in Bangladesh
Sneak peek: "In this blog, we talk with Agnes Quisumbing, a Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute about her recent article on women’s empowerment and dietary quality across the life course in Bangladesh. Quisumbing and her co-author, Esha Sraboni, a PhD candidate at Brown University, use nationally-representative data from Bangladesh to >> Read more
NEW FROM IFPRI AUTHORS: Does empowering women benefit household members equitably? An analysis of women’s empowerment and dietary quality in Bangladesh
There is a new blog from IFPRI authors..."Does empowering women benefit household members equitably? An analysis of women’s empowerment and dietary quality in Bangladesh" A4NH: What is women’s empowerment and how is it connected to what people eat? Agnes Quisumbing: We define women’s empowerment using Naila Kabeer’s definition — the ability to make strategic life choices, particularly in >> Read more
NEW FROM IFPRI AUTHORS: Ensuring women’s access to irrigation in the household: Beyond quotas
The following post was written by Nicole Lefore, as related to the Innovation Lab for Small-Scale Innovation (ILSSI) project. You can read more about ILSSI here and view the original blog post here. * * * Donors and governments rely on quotas as a primary indicator in many projects and programs to try to increase women’s participation >> Read more
BLOG SERIES: ‘Her Series’ – Oxfam hosts discussion on women’s economic empowerment
Oxfam has launched a new blog series focusing on women's economic empowerment and equality with contributors from Oxfam, INGOs, women's organisations and academia. Throughout August, Oxfam Policy and Practice will be hosting and highlighting discussions and research on women's economic empowerment and equality through a new series called 'Her Series'. This series coincides with the work >> Read more
