Source: IPS Genderwire By Mantoe Phakathi MBABANE, May 20, 2010 (IPS) - An accomplished farmer who won the coveted Woman Farmer of the Year Award in 2008, Thabile Dlamini-Gooday wants to uplift the standard of other women in agriculture. She believes that if women farmers were to work together they could fight hunger and significantly >> Read more
Publication: Patterns and trends of child and maternal nutrition inequalities in Nigeria
Author: Omilola, Babatunde (IFPRI) IFPRI Discussion Paper. Despite the fact that nonincome dimensions of well-being such as nutrition and health are now placed on the global development agenda, substantial gaps remain in our knowledge about patterns and trends in nutrition inequalities in many developing countries. The main objective of this paper is to document a >> Read more
Publication: The International Handbook of Gender and Poverty; Concepts, Research, Policy
Edited by Sylvia Chant, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK In the interests of contextualising (and nuancing) the multiple interrelations between gender and poverty, Sylvia Chant has gathered writings on diverse aspects of the subject from a range of disciplinary and professional perspectives, achieving extensive thematic as well as geographical coverage. This benchmark >> Read more
Call for Applications: Certificate of Advanced Studies in Disaster Risk Reduction Vulnerabilities and Capacities in the Context of Climate Change
This 2x2 week programme aims to train professionals in both Southern and Northern countries in the field of natural disaster prevention, especially related to climate change. This course proposes an integrated and interdisciplinary approach and focuses on populations at risk, reduction of vulnerabilities and the strengthening of capabilities. The course is based on the North-South >> Read more
Multimedia: Powerpoint on women’s access to non-land inputs
Last week a review of empirical evidence on gender differences in non land agricultural inputs, technology and services in developing countries was released as an IFPRI Discussion paper (access it here). The corresponding powerpoint (access it here) for this paper was presented at FAO's State of Food and Agricultural (SOFA) Writers Workshop last fall in >> Read more
Multimedia: Presentation on ‘Gender Equality & Poverty Reduction; Good Practices & Lessons Learned’
Great presentation made by Agnes Quisumbing on March 9th at the United Nations that provides valuable insights as the MDGs are under review. To see the presentation
News: Empowering rural women key element of new US govt. global hunger and food security iniative
At yesterday's launch of the U.S. government's new global hunger and food security initiative, Feed the Future (FTF), empowering rural women was continuously pointed out as key to improving food security and reducing hunger and malnutrition. In a keynote address US AID Adminstrator Rajiv Shah declared: "For years we've talked about the importance of women. >> Read more
Resource: Paper from Concern on “Women Marginal Farmers–Mobilizing for Change”
When Concern Worldwide (UK) launched its Unheard Voices campaign in late 2007, the focus was on highlighting the needs of marginal farmers – those whom we define as ‘farming yet hungry’. The majority of these marginal farmers are women and more recently we have shifted our attention to the specific challenges and needs of women >> Read more
Funding: Walmart and CARE
The Walmart Foundation announced plans to increase its women’s development partnership with CARE to $3 million, expanding its $1 million, one-year partnership initiated last year. The funding will empower women in Peru, Bangladesh, and India by developing new skills and creating new opportunities through education, literacy and job training programs in agriculture and factory settings. >> Read more
News: Heifer Project on Women and Cattle in Zambia Wins Best Practice Award
Source: Heifer Intl Heifer International’s Miyoba Women’s Draft Cattle Project in Zambia has been selected for a Best Practice Award by InterAction, a coalition of humanitarian organizations providing disaster relief, refugee assistance and sustainable development programs worldwide. The project, which supported Women Farmers in Building Community Resilience Through Harnessing Crops and Livestock, built economic resilience >> Read more
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