Publication year: 2011 Source: World Development, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 6 May 2011 Mateusz, Filipski , J., Edward Taylor , Siwa, Msangi We construct a disaggregated rural economywide model with a focus on gender and immigration as well as on the allocation of time to wage work, household production activities, and housework (reproduction). >> Read more
Event (DC): Do Men and Women Accumulate Assets in Different Ways? Evidence from Rural Bangladesh
Agnes R. Quisumbing (International Food Policy Research Institute) Thursday, May 12th 2011 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Conference Room 4B - 4th Floor 2033 K Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20006 ** Brown Bag Format ** RSVP to B.Pereira@cgiar.org Abstract: This paper examines asset dynamics for husband-owned, wife-owned, and jointly owned assets, using unique longitudinal survey >> Read more
Event (DC): A Dialogue with USAID’s Leads on Gender Equality
Monday, May 16 at 2:30pm Co-sponsored by InterAction and Women Thrive Worldwide What: A Dialogue with USAID's Leads on Gender Equality: Carla Koppell, Senior Coordinator, Office of Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment Dr. Caren Grown, Senior Gender Advisor, Policy Planning and Learning Bureau When: Monday, May 16, 2:30-4:00pm Where: InterAction, 1400 >> Read more
Publication: Women and Labour Markets in Asia: Rebalancing for Gender Equality
The crisis response and recovery policies of Asian governments have been shaped by the lessons learned from the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s. An important lesson emerging from the recent crisis is that the policy goal should not be to return to a "normal" pre-crisis situation but to address fundamental and not just >> Read more
Online discussion/event: Linking Gender, Poverty, and Environment to Promote Sustainable Developmen
IEG would like to invite you to participate in an online discussion titled Linking Gender, Poverty, and Environment to Promote Sustainable Development, that will run from May 2 through June 14, 2011. The discussion will be held in three phases and each phase will focus on a particular topic outlined below. The linkages between gender, poverty, >> Read more
Event (DC): Africa Rising
Presented by TransAfrica Forum Arthur R. Ashe, Jr. Foreign Policy Library, Equality Now and Howard University’s African Studies Department Africa Rising Film screening with a discussion with the narrator, Efua Dorkenoo. Thursday, April 28, 2011, 6:00 to 8:00 PM Howard University, John H. Johnson School of Communications, CB Powell Building, Screening Room West, 525 Bryant >> Read more
2011 Africa Prize for Leadership for the Sustainable End of Hunger
The Prize carries a $100,000 cash award and honors African women and men from all sectors who have demonstrated outstanding leadership for the well being of Africa’s people. Founded in 1987, the Prize has given early recognition to leaders such as Wangari Maathai and Graça Machel, as well as to heads of state such as >> Read more
Event: 12th AWID International Forum on Women’s Rights and Development
April 19-22, 2012 | Istanbul, Turkey Remember, the deadline to submit your Session Proposal is May 27, 2011 Transforming economic power... are you up to the challenge? Are you willing to move beyond your comfort zone? To question your usual thinking? To engage with actors outside of your every day activism or workplace? Are you >> Read more
Publication: Women, marriage and asset inheritance in Uganda
Using a unique dataset from Uganda, which collected individual-level asset ownership data and women’s life histories regarding assets, this paper examines the relationships between inheritance, marriage and asset ownership. Land is the most important asset in rural Uganda. The majority of couples (both married and those in consensual unions) report owning land jointly. Men who >> Read more
Resource: Intl Land Coalition Land Portal Gender Page
Sharing gender and land information and interacting with people and organizations interested in this issue Access it here
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