How are women and girls reshaping the future? The first-ever TEDWomen invites men and women to explore this question in depth. From the developing world, where a single microloan to a single girl can transform a village, to the West, where generations of educated women are transforming entire industries, women are powerful change agents, intellectual >> Read more
Publication: 2 new papers from SIDA on gender aware approaches in ag
Gender Aware Approaches in Agricultural Programmes-- A study of Sida-supported Agricultural Programmes Access it here Gender Aware Approaches in Agricultural Progammes--A international lit review Access it here
Publication:Do Spouses Realise Cooperative Gains? Experimental Evidence from Rural Uganda
Publication year: 2010 Source: World Development, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 12 November 2010 Vegard, Iversen , Cecile, Jackson , Bereket, Kebede , Arjan, Verschoor , Alistair, Munro We use experimental data from variants of public good games to test for household efficiency among married couples in rural Uganda. Spouses frequently do not maximise >> Read more
Resource: Women’s Access to Land in Southern and Eastern Africa
Participants from over 20 IDRC-funded research projects on gender and land in 14 African countries presented their work, including ILC project partners in the “Securing Women’s Access to Land: linking research and action” project in Eastern and Southern Africa. Presentations and summaries of projects presented at the Symposium can now be found on the IDRC >> Read more
PUBLICATION: Challenges and Opportunities for Women’s Land Rights in Post-Conflict Northern Uganda
A new Research Working Paper from MICROCON: From the late 1980s to 2006, the northern region of Uganda underwent an armed conflict between the government of Uganda and the rebel group led by Joseph Kony. The conflict displaced virtually the entire population in the region, and by 1990 people were living in Internally Displaced Peoples’ >> Read more
Opinion: Bringing women out of the shadows By MICHELLE BACHELET
Since democracy was restored two decades ago, Chile has worked hard to progress in areas as essential as the reestablishement of the rule of law, the protection of human rights and the consolidation of freedom, stability and governance as well as economic growth, social progress and freedom of the press. Chile has grown faster than >> Read more
Publication: The Other Half of Gender– Men’s Issues in Development
Summary This book is an attempt to bring the gender and development debate full circle - from a much-needed focus on empowering women to a more comprehensive gender framework that considers gender as a system that affects both women and men. The chapters in the book explore definitions of masculinity and male identities in a >> Read more
Event (DC): Manal Omar discusses Iraq, Women and Identity on
Tuesday, November 9 at 12pm in J1-050 Auditorium RSVP to infoshopevents@worldbank.org or click here. AUTHOR: Manal Omar Director of Iraq Programs, United States Institute of Peace Ms. Omar has worked with Women for Women International, a nonprofit NGO, as Regional Coordinator for Afghanistan, Iraq, and Sudan. Formerly a journalist, she began work in Iraq in >> Read more
Publication: Natural Resource Management– The Impact of Gender and Social Issues (IDRC).
PUBLICATION: Natural Resource Management: The Impact of Gender and Social Issues (IDRC). This book reveals how innovation in natural resource management can contribute to rural poverty reduction. Drawing from research throughout eastern and southern Africa, the contributing authors present a synthesis of lesson from both policy and practice.
News: UN Women’s First Chief Voices Optimism after Being Named to New Post
New York, NY, September 2010 – Ms Michelle Bachelet, Under-Secretary General of UN Women has announced that she would bring all of her experience and good relations with Heads of State and Government to help fight discrimination and boost opportunities for women and girls worldwide. Michelle Bachelet, the former president of Chile, told UN Radio >> Read more
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