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
Funding: USAID
USAID is seeking concept papers first and then full applications from prospective partners to implement activities that create opportunities for women’s leadership and gender equality in addressing food security needs. These activities will contribute to the body of knowledge and effective tools for comprehensive integration of gender issues throughout USAID development, humanitarian and transition work. >> 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
Presentation: Borlaug Symposium 2010
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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
Publication: Report suggests how European scientists can reduce gender inequities.
Steps can be taken to address gender inequities in European science, according to a report released last month by the European Commission-supported genSET project. The report calls for gender diversity in grant-selection panels, better awareness of salary-negotiation tactics, procedures that cater to dual-career couples, and institutional public-relations activities that consistently include women (for example, in >> Read more
News: Grassroots Evaluate Successes and Leaders Shape the Way Forward at the 2010 WLLA Land Academy
On Feb 8th through 12th of February, 40 grassroots women leaders and NGO partners from 22 organizations from 13 African countries, organized in community-based grassroots groups, women's savings clubs, NGOs and women's alliances, came together for the 3rd Annual Land Academy organized by the Huairou Commission, through the Women's Land Link Africa Initiative, held in >> Read more
FELLOWSHIPS: Third World Organization for Women in Science (TWOWS) 2010 TWOWS Postgraduate Training
Applications are being accepted for the TWOWS Postgraduate Training Fellowships for Women Scientists from Sub-Saharan Africa and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) at Centres of Excellence in the South. The TWOWS fellowship is awarded to women scientists from Sub-Saharan Africa and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to pursue a PhD at a centre of excellence in the >> Read more
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