Last week, whilst the CGIAR Research Program (CRPs) leaders were meeting with donors and partners to discuss progress and future directions for their programs, the gender specialists were also busy paving the way for the integration of gender research across the CRPs.  Gender research is of growing importance in the progress reports presented by the >> Read more

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is seeking a Senior Program Office to join the Agricultural Development Team within their Global Development Program. The job description is as follows: The Senior Program Officer (SPO) will be a leader and a team player in the implementation of these goals, with a specific focus on creating gender-responsive >> Read more

A recent report by the FAO lays out guidelines on how the FAO and national agricultural ministries around the world can use CEDAW (the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women) at the country level to guide policy development and programming with the goal of achieving equality between women and men in >> Read more

A newly-released IFPRI Discussion Paper written by Cheryl Doss offers guidelines on how to collect better gendered data through surveys. It details who should be interviewed; how the interview should be structured; and what kinds of questions should be asked, both at the individual level and also more broadly at the household, community or regional >> Read more

A recent article on the website of the US Department of State shows how the Feed the Future Initiative, led by USAID, supports smallholder farmers and empowers women. The article details the case of the COOPAVI women's fishing cooperative in western Rwanda and how a grant through Feed the Future (FTF) allowed the cooperative to receive >> Read more

Join the conversation about gender integration in agriculture and food security during the AgrilLinks chat today, entitled "Gender in Agriculture - Not Only About Women". The chat takes place from 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm here. The guiding questions for the chat, also found here, are: 1. Gender-based violence (GBV)/violence against women: This year's theme for >> Read more

On March 3, Olivier De Schutter, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, published an op-ed in the New York Times, entitled "The Feminization of Farming". In it, he points to longstanding gender discrimination and unremunerated domestic work as barriers to women's rise out of poverty and hunger, and calls for the removal >> Read more

Landesa is now accepting applications for its second Land Rights Visiting Professionals Program. The following information comes from the Landesa website, and more information,  including the application and FAQs, can be found by clicking here. What Will the Visiting Professionals Program Entail? This is a competitive yearlong program for experienced and strongly motivated professionals who want >> Read more