Description: The International Potato Center (CIP) seeks an experienced social scientist, knowledgeable in the analysis of gender in agricultural development contexts, to coordinate implementation of the Gender Strategy of the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas for Food Security and Income (RTB). The Program: The CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and >> Read more
Vacancy: ICRISAT Principal Scientist/Senior Scientist -Rural Sociology (West and Central Africa)
ICRISAT is seeking applications from a dynamic and highly innovative Rural Sociologist to undertake applied sociological research in sub-Saharan Africa on rural food production of cereal and legume crops by small holder farmers in collaboration with a team of economists and bio-physical scientists. The Principal/Senior Scientist (Internationally Recruited Staff) will be based in Niamey, Niger >> Read more
IFPRI Research Brief: Community-Based Legal Aid and Women’s Land Rights
Improving women’s ability to securely access land is recognized as an effective means to increase gender equality and advance other key social and economic development goals. Despite progressive laws in many African countries, gender disparities commonly persist in women’s access and ownership of land. Although legal empowerment of women can help to strengthen their claims >> Read more
Call for Applications: AWARD Fellowships
African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) Call for Applications for 2015 AWARD Fellowships The majority of those who produce, process, and market Africa’s food are women, but only one in four agricultural researchers is female. The AWARD Fellowship is equipping African women scientists to bridge that gap (Photo: Mike Goldwater). AWARD is a career-development program >> Read more
International Photo Competition: Forests-Agriculture Interface Through a Gender Lens
Use the gender lens to capture interesting photos with stories and help us do science with a creative twist. We make a maximum impact when we communicate about our work – success and/or failure – to a wider audience using a range of communication and social media. We believe that photos break the global language >> Read more
Investments in Women Can End Global Hunger
Commentary - Investments in Women Can End Global Hunger By Catherine Bertini *Reblogged from The Chicago Council on Global Affairs Ending hunger and ending poverty are goals on which we all agree. The world has thousands of schemes to attempt to achieve these goals, but we often overlook the simplest, most direct and effective method >> Read more
New IFPRI Discussion Papers from Gender Agriculture and Assets Project (GAAP):
The Gender Agriculture and Assets Project (GAAP), jointly led by IFPRI and ILRI, has released the first set of discussion papers detailing the findings of the GAAP. Following the Project Notes , which summarized findings from all 8 projects, the Discussion Papers give more detail on specific projects in the portfolio. IFPRI Discussion Paper on the >> Read more
Online Discussion: Data Gaps on Gender Equality
From January 27th through February 14th, an online discussion on data gaps on gender equality is taking place at the Wikigender website. The outcomes and main findings of the discussion will be synthesized and presented at a side event occuring in March 2014 at the 58th session of the UN Commission on the Status of >> Read more
IFPRI Discussion Paper: Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture – What Role for Food Security in Bangladesh?
Women’s low status and persistent gender gaps in health and education in South Asia contribute to chronic child malnutrition (Smith et al. 2003) and food insecurity (von Grebmer et al. 2009), even as other determinants of food security, such as per capita incomes, have improved. This is particularly relevant for Bangladesh, where chronic food insecurity >> Read more
New IFPRI Discussion Paper: Gender Inequalities in Ownership and Control of Land in Africa: Myths versus Reality
Over the past decade, stakeholders have made a variety of generalized claims concerning women’s landownership, both globally and in Africa. Typically, these claims include statements with single statistics, such as “women own less than 2 percent of the world’s land” or “women own approximately 15 percent of land in Africa south of the Sahara.” These >> Read more
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