This paper examines asset dynamics for husband-owned, wife-owned, and jointly owned assets, using unique longitudinal survey data from rural Bangladesh. Nonparametric and parametric methods are used to examine the shape of the dynamic asset frontier, the number of equilibria, and whether land and nonland asset stocks converge to such equilibria. The paper also investigates the >> Read more
Publication: OECD Gender Initiative Interim Report
Read the Interim Report of the OECD Gender Initiative that was presented at the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the OECD Council at Ministerial Level in May 2011.
Funding: Special Grants Fund deadline extended to 15 July
The Commonwealth Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of a Special Grants Fund for Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Commonwealth Associations (CAs) to undertake strategic and innovative projects that will promote the Commonwealth theme for 2011, ‘Women as Agents of Change’. http://www.commonwealthfoundation.com/NewsArticle.aspx?articleID=162
Event: (DC) ICRW Insight to Action Gender and Property Rights
Securing women’s property rights is increasingly recognized as critical to achieving poverty reduction and gender equality. However, many women are unable to realize their rights. ICRW’s research and program work in gender and property rights aims to advance knowledge on how women’s and men’s property rights are measured and to strengthen community-based programs addressing women’s >> Read more
FELLOWSHIPS: ICRAF Women’s Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) is committed in developing a diverse and strong pool of research scientists, both for strengthening its own institute and for the increasing needs of the developing world. The first round of the Women’s Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Programme which attracted five female scientists in various fields of research study came to >> Read more
Net resource: Getting it Done! An End-of-GAP Technical Symposium
We are pleased to share the website of from April 26-27 2011: http://go.worldbank.org/EMZBX6JFS0 On this newly-launched website, you can access video of all sessions, links to the 35+ presentations, related articles and websites, and an overview of this one and a half day symposium that marked the closing of the World Bank's Gender Action Plan >> Read more
Event: Insight to Action Gender and Property Rights
Women’s property rights, especially access to land, are increasingly recognized as critical to achieving poverty reduction and gender equality. However, many women are unable to realize their rights. ICRW’s research and programmatic work in gender and property rights aims to advance knowledge on how women’s and men’s property rights are measured and to strengthen community-based >> Read more
Funding: USAID
USAID is seeking concept papers first then full applications from prospective partners to implement activities that create opportunities for women’s leadership and gender equality in addressing food security needs. These activities will contribute to the body of knowledge and effective tools for comprehensive integration of gender issues throughout USAID’s development, humanitarian, and transition work. The >> Read more
Funding: OWSDW Postgraduate Fellowship for Women Scientists.
FELLOWSHIP: OWSDW Postgraduate Fellowship for Women Scientists. The OWSDW Fellowship supports female students from Sub-Saharan Africa and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) who wish to pursue postgraduate training leading to a PhD at centers of excellence in developing countries. Deadline: July 31, 2011
Publication: Gendered impacts of the 2007–08 food price crisis
This paper provides empirical evidence on the gendered impact of the 2007–08 food price crisis using panel data on 1,400 households from rural Ethiopia that were initially surveyed before the onset of the crisis, in 1994–95, 1997, and 2004, and after food prices spiked, in 2009. It investigates whether female-headed households are more likely to >> Read more
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