This learning series will take place over the first half of 2015, bringing you the chance to closely engage with key experts on conceptual and practical issues around women’s economic empowerment in inclusive market systems. Through a thought-provoking sequence of webinars, e-discussions and social media engagement, participants will learn about good practices, practical implementation considerations and >> Read more
Resources available from the second Gender-Nutrition Methods Workshop
Reposted from the A4NH Gender-Nutrition Idea Exchange blog On December 2-4, 2014, the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) held the second annual Gender and Nutrition Methods Workshop, hosted by Bioversity International in Rome. Following the successful first A4NH gender-nutrition workshop held in 2013 in Nairobi, this year convened over 40 researchers >> Read more
Bearing the fruit of action: Gender-responsive participatory research and collective management of Native Fruit Trees
A new post by Narasimha Hegde of LIFE Trust, Hugo A. H. Lamers of Bioversity International, and Marlene Elias of Bioversity International on the Landscapes for People, Food, and Nature blog discusses gender-responsive participatory action research methods for the sustainable management of native fruit trees. Identifying knowledge differences between men and women from different socio-religious and cultural groups, and subsequently providing exposure on >> Read more
New post from EnGendering Data Blog: Interviewing spouses: Separately or together?
EnGendering Data, the new blog on collecting and analyzing sex-disaggregated data, has a new post from Carmen Diana Deere discussing important considerations when interviewing male and female heads of households. The traditional survey protocol of interviewing only one person—usually the self-reported household head—assumes perfect information within the household and that the head knows about all of >> Read more
Statistics workshops from US Census Bureau, including gender statistics training
The International Programs Center for Technical Assistance at the U.S. Census Bureau has just announced its 2015 statistical workshop series. Gender Statistics for Data Users will be offered July 20-24, 2015. For more information, including course descriptions, please visit their website: census.gov/population/international. Read on for list of other workshops.
2014 World Survey on the Role of Women in Development: Gender Equality & Sustainable Development
The World Survey on the Role of Women in Development is a UN Secretary-General report mandated by the Second Committee of the General Assembly and comes out every five years. The 2014 report focuses on gender equality and sustainable development, with chapters on the green economy and care work, food security, population dynamics, and investments >> Read more
New Partnerships Aim to Improve Data on Women and Girls
The World Bank Group, UN agencies, and Data2X are aiming to fill vast data gaps related to women and girls and taking on a global assessment of the value of women’s work, as part of a broad effort to empower them and end extreme poverty. Read the announcement here.
Gender Methods Seminar: Using Cognitive Testing and Vignettes in the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index
Today, IFPRI hosted a Gender Methods Seminar: Using Cognitive Testing and Vignettes in the Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI). Abstract: Presented by Katie Sproule and Chiara Kovarik, this Gender Methods Seminar will focus on lessons learned from two recent field tests done for the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI). Using the qualitative methods of >> Read more
New publication on agricultural R&D in Africa: Promoting Women’s Participation in Agricultural Research
by Nienke Beintema, Head of the Agricultural Science & Technology Indicators (ASTI) initiative, IFPRI While the number of female researchers employed in the agricultural research and development (R&D) in Africa south of the Sahara (SSA) has increased substantially in recent years, women are still significantly underrepresented in many countries. This is one of the findings >> Read more
COP20: Climate change negotiators must consider the role of rural women
Outreach Magazine, a multi-stakeholder magazine on climate and development, has published a series of articles on climate change and gender for COP20, including a new post from Claudia Ringler, Deputy Director of IFPRI's Environment and Production Technology Division, on including women in the current climate change negotiations. She writes: As smallholder farmers in many parts of the world, women play >> Read more
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 64
- 65
- 66
- 67
- 68
- …
- 123
- Next Page »
