There is now growing recognition of the importance of attention to gender for agricultural productivity and food security. However, many “gender myths” persist; myths that either underestimate or overstate the importance of women’s roles and resources. In order to close the gender gap in productivity or assets, there is a need to close the knowledge >> Read more
New Video on Gender and Assets: Focus on GAAP projects
The CGIAR's Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) just released a short video interview with Agnes Quisumbing, one of the Gender, Agriculture and Assets Project (GAAP) PIs and the Senior Gender Advisor to A4NH. In the video, Agnes explains the important linkages between gender and assests and how their relationship can affect people's >> Read more
New IFPRI Discussion Paper: Women’s Empowerment and Nutrition – An Evidence Review
A new IFPRI Discussion Paper, Women's Empowerment and Nutrition: An Evidence Review, by Mara van den Bold, Agnes Quisumbing, and Stuart Gillespie reviews the evidence on women's empowerment and nutrition. Many development programs that aim to alleviate poverty and improve investments in human capital consider women’s empowerment a key pathway by which to achieve impact and >> Read more
Vacancy: IWMI Postdoctoral Fellow – Gender and Poverty
The person and the job: The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) (www.iwmi.org) is looking for a person with a PhD in rural sociology, development studies, gender in development or anthropology, which was awarded not more than 5 years ago. The person should also have a strong analytical mind, ability to synthesize information and the ability >> Read more
New Blog Post from World Bank: Building the evidence based roadmap for women’s economic empowerment
Building the evidence based roadmap for women's economic empowerment Submitted by Markus Goldstein on 2013/09/18 On Monday I was at the UN Foundation's launch of a new report, A Roadmap for Promoting Women's Economic Empowerment. Authored by Mayra Buvinic, Rebecca Furst-Nichols and Emily Courey Pryor this report provides a significant step forward in making sense >> Read more
Online Discussion: Land Matters on Devex
The international development news and business site Devex has launched a new campaign called Land Matters, showcasing innovative solutions to land issues and advancing a conversation that now involves smallholder farmers across Africa and other parts of the world as well as land experts, social entrepreneurs, business executives and government officials. Through September, Land Matters >> Read more
Call for Submissions: Global Water and Gender Conference
A Gender Conference will be hosted by the Water Research Commission together with the Department of Water Affairs, the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW), the Women for Water Partnership (WfWP) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Significant growth has occurred in the awareness of gender hierarchies in water development, management and utilisation over >> Read more
Call for Articles: GFAR and New Agriculturist
GFAR is seeking many new ways to spread the value of agricultural research and innovation of all kinds and how they are helping to address development challenges. GFAR has established a collaboration with New Agriculturist a widely read and well recognized online journal, to help share your stories about how agricultural knowledge and innovation are >> Read more
Article in Foreign Policy by Melinda Gates: Bridging the Gender Gap
In a recent article on Foreign Policy's website, Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, digs into the issue of how the lives of women and girls around the world can be improved through the collection of data. She points to the UN panel's recommendation for the new set of MDGs that >> Read more
Call for Experts: IUCN Global Gender Office
Background The IUCN Global Gender Office is the institutional anchor of IUCN´s work on gender equality and women’s empowerment. The Office is based in Washington D.C. and operates at global, regional and national levels, providing technical support to institutions as diverse as multilateral development banks, United Nations agencies, the secretariats of international conventions, international development agencies, ministries of national >> Read more
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