IFPRI Gender Research

AWID (Association for Women's Rights in Development) is excited to share the initial phase of its new online resource and learning hub: Transforming Economic Power to Advance Women's Rights and Justice. Building on the content generated by participants for the 2012 AWID Forum in Istanbul in April, the website aims to help readers explore key issues >> Read more

The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) posted an interesting two-part article on foreign aid for gender equality, highlighting key discussion points from a workshop held this July in Helsinki. Part 1 discusses the priorities and challenges for donors in promoting gender equality. Part 2 discusses some of the key themes that >> Read more

WorldFish, which is currently leading the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) is seeking five qualified candidates to fill the following positions. For more information on the post as well as a detailed job description, click on each position. 1 Senior Gender Specialist 2 Post Doctoral Gender Specialists 1 Impact and Evaluation Specialist 1 >> Read more

For rural women in Kenya, secure access to land rights doesn't come easily. Though the current Kenyan constitution declares women equal to men when it comes to land, this right has not been fully realized in many areas. That's why work done by the Seattle-based non-profit Landesa, and other organizations like it, is so important. Landesa >> Read more

This Tuesday, IFPRI hosted the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry of the world’s newest nation: the Republic of South Sudan. H.E. Dr. Betty Ochan Ogwaro described the great potential that South Sudan holds for increasing food security for its people and neighboring nations, as well as for economic growth more broadly, and encouraged partners from >> Read more

Yesterday, October 15th, was the International Day of Rural Women, a day to recognize “the critical role and contribution of rural women, including  indigenous women, in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving  food security and eradicating rural poverty.” For more information about the UN's International Day of Rural Women, and to read Resolution 62/136 establishing it, click here. >> Read more

On Thursday, October 11, the United Nations launched a five-year initiative entitled "Accelerating Progress Toward the Economic Empowerment of Rural Women". The program seeks to empower rural women through food security and economic integration initiatives. It will be carried out jointly by UN Women, the FAO, IFAD, and the WFP. For a full article on the >> Read more

IFPRI and its partners are pleased to announce that Jessica Ham (University of Georgia), Brooke Krause (University of Minnesota), Christopher Manyamba (University of Pretoria), and Greg Seymour (American University) have been awarded a Ph.D. dissertation research fellowships on the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI). The first of its kind to directly capture women’s empowerment >> Read more

This June, the Asian Development Bank invited United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, to the Eminent Speakers' Forum to share his views on the role of gender equality in securing the right to food. For the full text of an article he wrote on the topic of women as >> Read more

The FSN (Food Security and Nutrition) Network will be hosting an online discussion on identifying tools for gender integration in food security programming starting September 24. To join the conversation, you must be registered which you can do here. The discussion will take place here. For more information about the FSN Network, click here.