This report, accompanied by seven policy briefs, reflects the latest thinking on the gender dimensions of rural poverty and employment. They provide evidence that rural women have the potential to lift their households and communities out of poverty but are hampered by persistent gender inequities. These inequities limit their access to decent work, which is a >> Read more
Event (DC): World Bank –Welfare Effects of Widowhood in a Low Income Country
The plight of Africa's many widows has largely been ignored in the work of economists and in policy discussions and actions. In particular, the situation of ever-widowed women who have remarried or been in some way absorbed into male headed households along with, and sometimes without, their dependent children has received scant attention. A review >> Read more
Event (DC): Intl Women’s Day
Join ICRW as we kick off our 35th anniversary celebration on March 8, International Women’s Day, with a conversation about breakthrough innovations poised to transform the trajectory of women’s lives. Game-changing Innovations for Women Moderator: Andrea Mitchell, NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Host, MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” Confirmed Speakers: Cherie Blair, Founder, Cherie Blair >> Read more
Opinion: Where is Gender in the Land Grab Debate?
Large-scale deals of land by foreign investors in developing countries--also referred to as ‘land grabs’-- have generated considerable attention; however little attention has been paid to the gender dimensions of these deals. A gender perspective is critical to truly understand the impact of land deals. Women and men have different social roles, rights and opportunities >> Read more
Publication: IFPRI 2020 Brief on ‘Gender: A key dimension linking agricultural programs to improved nutrition and health’
Improving the livelihoods and well-being of the rural poor is an important aim of agricultural development, promoted through agricultural intensification and commercialization strategies. But improved agricultural productivity does not necessarily translate into improved health and nutrition, either for producers or consumers. How can standard agricultural development strategies—promoting agricultural intensification, greater linkages to markets, and high-value >> Read more
Funding: AWARD
African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) is inviting applications for its 2011 fellowships to advance the careers of African women scientists and professionals for pro-poor agricultural research and development. AWARD is a project of the Gender & Diversity Program of the CGIAR. Eligibility extends to women agricultural scientists who are nationals of Ethiopia, Ghana, >> Read more
Webinar: Integrating Gender into Agriculture and Food Security Programs
USAID's Bureau for Food Security and Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance invite you to participate in the rollout of two assessments that have examined USAID's past performance with respect to gender integration into agriculture and food security. From these assessments, USAID has developed a series of briefs to help USAID field staff and >> Read more
Resource: In Her Name: Measuring the Gender Asset Gap in Ecuador, Ghana and India
In Her Name: Measuring the Gender Asset Gap in Ecuador, Ghana and India, is a collaborative research study of the Centre of Public Policy (CPP) at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), University of Ghana, American University, Yale University, University of Florida and the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO), Ecuador. Housed at >> Read more
Publication: The Gender Implications of Large-Scale Land Deals
This paper strives to introduce a discussion of the gender dimensions into the growing debate on large-scale land deals. It addresses the current information gap on the differential gender effects of large-scale land deals through (1) an overview of the phases of large-scale land deals and discussion of related effects on rural men and women >> Read more
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