One of a researcher’s biggest fears is that research outputs go unread, gathering dust on people’s shelves before ending up in the recycling bin. However, this fear was unfounded for our work on the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), which has gone from esoteric research tool to a widely-used data collection tool that has >> Read more
What would it really take to strengthen women’s land rights?
The issue of women’s land rights for land restoration will be discussed at a high-level panel “This Land is Our Land: Gender perspectives on tenure and rights” at the Global Landscapes Forum in Paris, December 6. In preparation for that event, we have asked a number of experts: “What would it take to strengthen women’s >> Read more
New blogpost: Women’s landownership: Why we need to set the record straight
New blogpost by Cheryl Doss (Senior Lecturer in African Studies and Economics at Yale University and Leader of cross-cutting gender research, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets – PIM) and Caitlin Kieran (Senior Research Assistant on Gender, PIM) as part of the CGIAR Talking Science blog competition: Women’s landownership: Why we need to set the >> Read more
Investments in Women Can End Global Hunger
Commentary - Investments in Women Can End Global Hunger By Catherine Bertini *Reblogged from The Chicago Council on Global Affairs Ending hunger and ending poverty are goals on which we all agree. The world has thousands of schemes to attempt to achieve these goals, but we often overlook the simplest, most direct and effective method >> Read more
Gates Blog: The Importance of Investing in Women Farmers
Last week was an exciting time to be working for women farmers as they contribute to poverty reduction and agriculture development. Two new reports articulated the business case why we should all be targeting our efforts and resources to getting women farmers the tools and resources they need to manage productive farms and control the >> Read more
Opinion: Where is Gender in the Land Grab Debate?
Large-scale deals of land by foreign investors in developing countries--also referred to as ‘land grabs’-- have generated considerable attention; however little attention has been paid to the gender dimensions of these deals. A gender perspective is critical to truly understand the impact of land deals. Women and men have different social roles, rights and opportunities >> Read more
Opinion: LES FEMMES, UN ROLE CLEF DANS LA SECURITE ALIMENTAIRE EN AFRIQUE
Fraternité Matin, one of the largest circulating newspapers in Cote d’Ivoire, published a new French Nourishing the Planet opinion editorial on the role of women as the guardians of food security. To read
Opinion: Bachelet faces uphill battle at U.N. Women
By ANDRES OPPENHEIMER Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet is a smart, highly-educated politician, and a skillful negotiator, but I wonder whether she did the right thing in agreeing to head the United Nations' new agency for women's rights, scheduled to start operating Jan. 1. She will face formidable obstacles to get things done. Her $500 >> Read more
Opinion: Bringing women out of the shadows By MICHELLE BACHELET
Since democracy was restored two decades ago, Chile has worked hard to progress in areas as essential as the reestablishement of the rule of law, the protection of human rights and the consolidation of freedom, stability and governance as well as economic growth, social progress and freedom of the press. Chile has grown faster than >> Read more
Opinion: A less visible solution to hunger
DAVID KAUCK is senior gender and agriculture specialist at the International Center for Research on Women in Washington "As they gather this month for the World Food Prize Symposium, government leaders, multilateral institutions, civil society and private corporations will again discuss international hunger. Their usual response to this issue is to beef up agricultural production >> Read more
