Funding: up to £150,000 (£50,000 for each Observatory) Applications on a rolling basis Applicants should communicate their intention to apply by 15 January. The REACH Programme is a 7-year, £15m programme funded by the UK’s Department for International Development (DfID). This project, led by the University of Oxford, involves a research consortium of global leaders >> Read more
NEW FROM IFPRI AUTHORS: Property rights, intersectionality, and women’s empowerment in Nepal
Access full article here. TITLE: Property rights, intersectionality, and women’s empowerment in Nepal AUTHORS: Rajendra Pradhan, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Sophie Theis ABSTRACT: Property is widely recognized as an important resource for empowering women. Many development policies worldwide therefore call for strengthening women’s rights to property, especially to physical assets such as land and livestock. However, the relationship between >> Read more
EVENT: Gender Sensitive Value Chains from FAO-UNITAR
The course is free. Limited slots are available, and FAO will select enrollees. Please register early to be considered. Course dates: February 12 to March 9, 2018 Registration deadline: January 26, 2018 Course summary (from UNITAR's website): In recent years, trade liberalization, globalization, technological advancement and other major trends have brought important changes to agricultural >> Read more
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: CODESRIA 2017 Gender Institute: Feminist Scholarship, Universities and Social Transformation in Africa
From the application website: "The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, CODESRIA, invites applications from academics and researchers from African universities and research centers to participate in the 2017 session of the Gender institute, which will take place in Dakar, Senegal from May 14-25, 2018. Over the last two decades, CODESRIA >> Read more
NET RESOURCES: December issue of the Journal of Gender, Agriculture and Food Security (Agri-Gender) now available
The Journal of Gender, Agriculture and Food Security (Agri-Gender) recently published their December 2017 issue online. You can access the full issue here. The following articles are included in the December issue: Factors Associated with Food Insecurity among Female Savings Group Participants in Burkina Faso Authors: Jessica Wilkinson, Kate Strickling, Yvonne Allsop, Megan Gash and Benjamin >> Read more
WEB RESOURCE: Gender and Climate Change: Does It Matter?
IFPRI's Claudia Ringler recently gave a talk called "Gender and Climate Change: Does it matter?" In her presentation, she discussed two recent projects: 1) Enhancing Women's Assets to Manage Risk under Climate Change: Potential for Group-Based Approaches (2011-2014, Germany); 2) Increasing Women’s Resilience to Confront Climate Change (2012-2014, CCAFS) If you missed her talk, >> Read more
NEW BLOG: Using qualitative methods to understand the local meaning of women’s empowerment in Ethiopia
Dr. Susan Kaaria, Senior Gender Officer at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, recently published a new blog about using qualitative methods to understand women's empowerment. Susan is an external advisor on the Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project Phase 2 (GAAP2) Portfolio, a collection of twelve projects seeking to adapt and validate a survey >> Read more
EVENT: Training course in Gender-Responsive Legume Breeding
GREAT (Gender-Responsive Researchers Equipped for Agricultural Transformation) is hosting a training course about legume breeding that integrates gender. Training course: Gender-Responsive Legume Breeding Open to interdisciplinary teams of 2-3 agricultural researchers working on research for development projects in sub-Saharan Africa Teams must consist of at least at least one biophysical scientist (e.g., plant breeder) and >> Read more
JOB OPPORTUNITY:
The OECD Development Centre is looking for a gender coordinator to manage and oversee their gender portfolio starting February 2018. For more information, please contact: Gaelle.FERRANT@oecd.org Terms of Reference: The OECD Development Centre is an institution where governments of OECD member and partner countries, private sector and civil society organisations informally discuss questions of common interest. >> Read more
ICYMI: Cash Transfers, Polygamy, and Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from Mali
IFPRI's Melissa Hidrobo presented her recent research about cash transfers, polygamy, and intimate partner violence in Mali last week. You can access her powerpoint slides here for more information. SUMMARY: Evidence shows that transfers targeted to women can reduce intimate partner violence (IPV), but little evidence exists on the effects of transfers targeted to men. Whereas >> Read more
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