Control over and ownership of assets are a critical component for well-being of individuals and households. A crucial first step toward understanding the gender dimensions of asset ownership and control is acquiring detailed gender-disaggregated information on assets though monitoring, evaluation, and data collection. As part of GAAP we have developed a toolkit intended to help >> Read more
Resource: Gender Mapper
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) are developing a "gender map" of agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa in order to better understand how to target agricultural interventions to women and men farmers. To see the progress thus far and to full out the survey access it here The >> Read more
New Report: Gender in Climate Change in Bangladesh: The Role of Institutions in Reducing Gender Gaps in Adaptation
Are women more vulnerable to climate change then men? If so, what are the factors which contribute to these increases and what can be done to help increase the resiliency of both women and men to the negative impacts of climate change? For answers to these questions and more, please visit Genderinag.org to find a recent >> Read more
News: Children of Empowered Women Grew Taller
Care and USAID highlights dramatic drop in child malnutrition and provides an inside look at a program called SHOUHARDO that combined nutritional support with women's empowerment initiatives to reduce child stunting, a key measure of malnutrition, by 28 percent in less than four years. That's twice the rate of the average U.S. government-funded food aid >> Read more
Event: CONSULTATION ON USAID IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY
May 16, 2012 2:30pm to 4:00pm USAID Information Center, Mezzanine Level Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC For questions, please contact Amber Ussery at aussery@usaid.gov Federal Triangle Metro Stop. Paid public parking available. Please allow ample time for security check. Photo ID is required. No R.S.V.P. required
Call for participation: Manifeseto for Integrated Action on the Gender Dimension in Research and Innovation
The Manifesto for Integrated Action on the Gender Dimension in Research and Innovation that is available to read and sign at http://bit.ly/rLS7cn, which was presented to the EC Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, Maire Geoghegan-Quinn on December 16th, 2011. The Manifesto is the product of an extensive public consultation and discussion conducted as part of the >> Read more
Event: Global Conference on Women in Agriculture
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Asia Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI) are jointly organizing Global Conference on Women in Agriculture (GCWA) on 13-15 March 2012 at National Agricultural Science Centre Complex, Pusa, New Delhi, India in Co-sponsorship with GFAR, FAO, IDRC, TAAS and RAGA. Her Excellency, The President of India >> Read more
Event: “How joint property rights to land empowers women in Peruvian peasant communities”
Henrik Wiig, Ph.D. Department of International Studies Norwegian Institute of Urban and Regional Research Wednesday, November 16, 2011 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm International Food Policy Research Institute Conference Room 8A Abstract: The Peruvian government enforced joint ownership between spouses to agricultural land in the formalization process even though the civil code of the country >> Read more
Publication: Gender issue in climate change discourse: theory versus reality
Authors: Baten,Mohammad; Khan,Niaz Produced by: Bangladesh Online Research Network; BDResearch.org.bd (2010) Even though gender has become one of the themes of analysis in development policy discourse, it has received little emphasis in climate change policies. By reviewing literature related to climate change and gender, this paper finds that women are more vulnerable to climate disasters >> Read more
Event: Genderinag.org website launch
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 Panel discussion and site tour 3:30–5:00 p.m. Room MC 7-100 (1818 H Street, NW - Main Complex) Genderinag.org is an online forum designed to provide access to resources, tools and information which can help practitioners and other stakeholders mainstream gender into agricultural development. Genderinag.org is dedicated to raising gender awareness >> Read more
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