By: Helen Clark Source: Huffington Post As Prime Minister of my country for nine years and the first woman to lead the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), I believe that achieving gender equality is not only morally right, but also catalytic to development as a whole, creating political, economic, and social opportunities for women which >> Read more
NEW FROM IFPRI ON GENDER SPRING 2010
IFPRI Discussion Papers Engendering Agricultural Research Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Agnes Quisumbing, Julia Behrman, Patricia Biermayr-Jenzano, Vicki Wilde, Marco Noordeloos, Catherine Ragasa and Nienke Beintema. A review of empirical evidence on gender differences in nonland agricultural inputs, technology, and services in developing countries Amber Peterman, Julia Behrman and Agnes Quisumbing. Patterns and Trends of Child and Maternal >> Read more
Multimedia: Who feeds the world 2010 and beyond? Gender equity in agricultural research and development Borlaug Global Rust Initiative Technical Meeting, May 31, 2010, St. Petersburg
Presentation made by Eija Pehu, Agricultural Science Advisor, The World Bank With inputs from Ruth Meinzen-Dick and team at IFPRI Access the presentation here
Publication: GENDER -SPECIFIC CONSTRAINTS AFFECTING TECHNOLOGY USE AND HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY IN WESTERN PROVINCE OF KENYA
Author: Stella Mikalista Journal: African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and Development The factors that hinder farm intensification process among smallholders in Kenya are many and varied. These factors are not gender neutral; they affect the ability of both men and women to achieve greater productivity in agriculture. Lack of farm intensification contributes to stagnation >> Read more
News: Port-au-Prince Earthquake: Responses must address Gender
FRIDAY FILE: The impact of natural disasters is gendered and therefore responses to these disasters must be gender responsive. Six months after the earthquake in Haiti MADRE's Yifat Susskind spoke with AWID about the gendered impact of the earthquake, and described what a gender responsive approach to addressing the crisis would look like. AWID: What >> Read more
News: For the Love of Soccer and a Lasting Sisterhood
By WILLIAM C. RHODEN NY TIMES About 1:45 p.m. Sunday afternoon, a caravan of luxury cars and sport utility vehicles roared into the park where hundreds of supporters had been waiting. President Jacob Zuma had arrived. The president was in this town, about 260 miles northeast of Johannesburg, to commemorate the life of Peter Mokaba, >> Read more
Event:Virtual Discussion “Migration, Remittances and Gender-Responsive Local Development.”
From 31 May to 18 June 2010 the UN-INSTRAW Gender & Migration Virtual Community will be hosting the III Virtual Discussion “Migration, Remittances and Gender-Responsive Local Development.” This discussion will be based on the UN-INSTRAW and the UNDP research findings in Albania, the Dominican Republic, Lesotho, the Philippines and Senegal. This joint research project sought >> Read more
Event (DC): “A Changing Landscape for Women Farmers; Gender and the Administration’s Feed the Future Initiative”
Wednesday, June 9 8:30--‐9:30 a.m. Rayburn 2325 Science& Technology HearingRoom Featuring Chairwomen Rosa DeLauro(D-CT) and NitaLowey (D-NY) Please RSVP to kzhang@womenthrive.org
Resource: IWMI launches Gender Topic Page
The International Water Management Institute has launched a Gender Topic Section on the IWMI web site. You may view it at www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Topics/Gender
Multimedia: Women and Water – A Tribute (Produced by IWMI)
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