At the 1995 United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, Governments adopted the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which “seeks to promote and protect the full enjoyment of all human rights and the fundamental freedoms of all women throughout their life cycle.” Guided by these principles, the World’s Women 2015: Trends and Statistics presents the latest >> Read more
Webinar: Strengthening women’s rights in land governance: Experiences from Tanzania
IIED will be hosting a webinar on ‘Strengthening women’s rights in land governance: experiences from Tanzania’, as part of their Legal tools for citizen empowerment initiative. Speakers include: Helen Dancer, Barrister and Senior Lecturer at the University of Brighton and Naseku Kisambu, Director of programmes at the Tanzania Women Lawyer Association (TAWLA). Why should you >> Read more
New publication: Accessing Justice: Models, Strategies & Best Practices on Women’s Empowerment
Direct Link to Full 74-Page IDLO Publication Link to 12-Page Report Summary By Irene Khan, Director-General IDLO Far too often, in far too many countries, women cannot find justice. They are denied the very essence of the rule of law — that we are all equal, and equally protected by the law. Gender equality is >> Read more
Launch of new World Bank Gender Data Portal
The World Bank Group relaunched its popular Gender Data Portal, comprising current and historical data on topics ranging from health and education to jobs, assets, and political participation—all broken down by sex. The Bank Group is also launching its Little Data Book on Gender 2016 alongside new online tables—to be updated quarterly—linked to the latest World Development Indicators, making it easier than ever >> Read more
Best Practices and Lessons Learned for Supporting Women’s Land Rights
From 25 January to 5 February, the Land Portal Foundation will be holding a debate on the Global Land Tool Network’s Gender Evaluation Criteria (GEC), which were created to assess the effectiveness of land tools in supporting women’s land rights. The discussion will focus on sharing best practices and lessons learned for supporting women’s land rights. >> Read more
Empowerment matters: “Invisible Women” in Niger produce less food
Fleur Wouterse has a new blog published on Agrilinks discussing recent research using the WEAI in Niger. Her takeaway messages include: Empowerment matters for agricultural production. Less empowered households experience lower returns to their labor and use their traction equipment and animals in a less effective manner. Women are much less empowered in so-called dual households where >> Read more
Women’s Land Rights Visiting Professionals Program
The Landesa Center for Women’s Land Rights and our partner Resource Equity are pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for our Women’s Land Rights Visiting Professionals Program. Through this program we seek to cultivate a network of qualified professionals from the developing world who are strongly committed to strengthening women’s land rights >> Read more
UNIDO hiring gender expert
The Office for Gender Mainstreaming, Ethics and Accountability (ODG/GEA) of UNIDO is looking for a Gender Expert to coordinate the gender mainstreaming functions of the office. For more information, please read the TORs: UNIDO_Gender Expert vacancy The deadline to apply is 26 January 2016.
Gender and Resilience Working Group Webinar Series
Please join us Thursday, January 14 at 10am EST for the next session of the Gender & Resilience Working Group Webinar Series. This webinar is part of a series being rolled out by the Gender & Resilience Working Group, which is led by Mercy Corp and Lutheran World Relief and involves many other organizations. The >> Read more
Gender Happy Hour Twitter Chat, January 14
Gender Happy Hour Twitter Chat: January 14th (8-9pm EST). Join this virtual happy hour on Twitter to talk about Gender, Men, and Masculinities. Let’s go beyond the engaging men discussion. What issues of masculinity are neglected in international development aid? Is there a risk of crossing a line between engaging men in gender equality and perpetuating patriarchy? >> Read more
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