In celebration of International Rural Women’s Day IFPRI, the World Bank and IFAD present a joint seminar "Gender, Land Acquisition and Property Rights in Contemporary East and Central Uganda” By Allan Bomuhangi (MSc) Yale University On Wednesday, October 13th 2010 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Conference Room 8A 2033 K Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20006 >> Read more
Publication: Stemming girls’ chronic poverty: Catalysing development change by building just social institutions
The Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) is pleased to announce the release of the CPRC Gender report, Stemming girls' chronic poverty: Catalysing development change by building just social institutions. The report intends to feed into discussions on gender, poverty and the MDGs. With a focus on girls, chronic poverty and social justice, it aims to >> Read more
Event (London): Empowering women, reducing child poverty and enabling women to inherit
Tuesday 12 October, 13.00-14.30 - ODI, London It is estimated that women worldwide own only 1-2% of individually titled land. This is despite making up more than 80% of farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Assets can be an important source of social mobility and in low income developing countries land is the key asset. It is >> Read more
Call for Proposals: Fund for Women’s Property and Inheritance Rights in the Context of HIV/AIDS
UNIFEM (part of UN Women), with the generous contribution of the Canadian International Development Agency, today launches a Call for Proposals for the Fund for Women's Property and Inheritance Rights in the Context of HIV/AIDS. The Fund will provide small, catalytic grants totaling US$700,000 in 2010 to grassroots and community-based organizations or networks in sub-Saharan >> Read more
Opinion: A less visible solution to hunger
DAVID KAUCK is senior gender and agriculture specialist at the International Center for Research on Women in Washington "As they gather this month for the World Food Prize Symposium, government leaders, multilateral institutions, civil society and private corporations will again discuss international hunger. Their usual response to this issue is to beef up agricultural production >> Read more
News: U.S. Senate Confirms Nominees for Two Key Positions at USAID
Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is pleased to note the confirmation of Donald K. Steinberg as Deputy Administrator and Nancy E. Lindborg as Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance.
News: Michelle Bachelet, New Head of UN Women: Where There Is Poverty, ‘The State Cannot Be Neutral’
The Nation Barbara Crossette | September 27, 2010 The choice of Michelle Bachelet, the former president of Chile, to develop and then head a new and potentially powerful United Nations agency for women may well be the most important and smartest appointment Ban Ki-moon makes in his tenure as UN secretary-general. A socialist, a single >> Read more
Resource: speeches given by Ambassador Melanne Verveer and Alonzo Fulgham for the U.S. National Voluntary Presentation at the UN ECOSOC meeting.
Alonzo Fulgham: http://usun.state.gov/briefing/statements/2010/143896.htm Melanne Verveer: http://usun.state.gov/briefing/statements/2010/143895.htm
Funding: CARE
CARE has announced a $1.8 billion pledge to expand its maternal, newborn, and child health programs to more than thirty countries by 2015. The commitment will enable CARE to significantly expand its programs focused on empowering girls and women and gender equity, linking health systems and communities in systems of mutual accountability, and using innovative >> Read more
Event: Join the PRB Discuss Online tomorrow “Gender-Based Violence in the Congo”
When: Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010, noon-1 p.m. (EDT) (GMT -4) Who: Dr. Lynn Lawry, study author and Senior Health Stability/Humanitarian Assistance Specialist, International Health Division/Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, U.S. Dept. of Defense. Where: Go to http://discuss.prb.org. You may submit questions in advance and during the discussion.
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