IFPRI Gender Research

Internship to conduct a literature review on gender, agriculture and innovation The Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) program’s Theme 3 on Climate Change Mitigation seeks an intern to prepare a comprehensive literature review on gender and women's innovations in agriculture in the global south, with special attention to innovations with clear climate impacts.  >> Read more

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is now accepting grant proposals for Round 10 of Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative to encourage innovative and unconventional global health and development solutions. Applicants can be at any experience level; in any discipline; and from any organization, including colleges and universities, government laboratories, research institutions, non-profit organizations and >> Read more

Authors: Catherine Ragasa, Annie Kinwa-Muzinga, John Ulimwengu Produced by: International Food Policy Research Institute (2012) Based on the 2011 Global Hunger Index, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has the most severe level of hunger and malnutrition. There is growing recognition that development in the agriculture sector and increasing productivity will be critical to >> Read more

On January 14-15, 2013, the International Development Studies Group (Utrecht University) in collaboration with LANDac (the Netherlands Academy on Land Governance for Equitable and Sustainable Development - www.landgovernance.org), will convene a 2-day conference in Utrecht, the Netherlands, aimed at drawing scholars and policy makers together who have been paying particular attention to gender dynamics in >> Read more

Yesterday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gave a talk at the Gallup event in Washington, D.C. entitled "Evidence and Impact: Closing the Gender Data Gap". She issued a powerful call for more gender-sensitive data as a way to improve women's livelihoods through guiding better investments. To see the full transcription of her talk, as >> Read more

IFPRI and its partners are pleased to announce a call for applications for 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 and inclusion levels in the agricultural sector, the purpose of the Index is to understand why women in developing countries >> Read more

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is looking to fill two Policy Advisor positions on their Gender Team, both of which are based in New York. The first is for a Policy Advisor (Gender and Environment).The Policy Advisor is responsible for bringing solid substantive advice and technical expertise, advocacy and knowledge to the Sustainable Development, >> Read more