In situations of chronic food shortage, parents are inclined to give boys a preferential treatment, despite the fact that the health of their daughters suffers more from food insecurity. This is shown by research from the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Ethiopia, appearing in the journal Pediatrics. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110111132217.htm
Event (DC): On the Origins of Gender Roles–Women and the Plough
Alberto Alesina (Harvard University) Paola Giuliano (UCLA) Nathan Nunn (Harvard University) Wednesday, Jan 18, 2010 World Bank Room MC3-570, from 12:30 to 2:00 PM Female labor force participation can be influenced by persistent differences in cultural norms about the perception of women in society. We empirically examine where these differences come from. Central to >> Read more
News: MALAWI–Women Claim Equal Share of Family Property
Collins Mtika MZUZU, Malawi, Dec 29 - Seated on a wooden bench at her Katoto township house in Mzuzu, Grace Mkandawire’s face reflects the traumatic experiences she has endured since her husband’s death in 1998. She looks lost and confused and as she narrates her story there is fear, hatred and resignation that Malawi’s Marital >> Read more
Publication: Asset Dynamics in Northern Nigeria
This paper examines household asset dynamics and gender-differentiated asset inequality over a 20-year period (1988–2008) in northern Nigeria. We show that the initial endowments of both household capital and livestock holdings are inconsistent with the poverty trap hypothesis but that tracking rules for households in panel surveys may lead to differences in empirical results on >> Read more
Opinion: LES FEMMES, UN ROLE CLEF DANS LA SECURITE ALIMENTAIRE EN AFRIQUE
Fraternité Matin, one of the largest circulating newspapers in Cote d’Ivoire, published a new French Nourishing the Planet opinion editorial on the role of women as the guardians of food security. To read
Article: CAMEROON– Profits Were Only a Phone Call Away
Ngala Killian Chimtom YAOUNDÉ, Dec 6 - These are awkward times for the men in the middle in Cameroon's Western Highlands. A profitable niche buying produce cheaply on farms, and supplying farmers with seed and fertiliser at premium prices has been shattered by the sound of a cellphone ringing. MORE >>
News: gender implications of ICTs
ICT Boom for Economy, A Bust for Some Women By Rosebell Kagumire KAMPALA, Nov 25, 2010 (IPS) - The rapid growth of the ICT market in Uganda has been greeted with optimism over its potential to boost the country’s development. But less attention is being paid to the increase in gender based violence due to >> Read more
Publication: Gender, Poverty and Environmental Indicators on African Countries
This report is published by the Statistics Department of the African Development Bank Group. The publication provides some information on the broad development trends relating to gender, poverty and environmental issues in the 53 African countries. Gender, Poverty and Environmental Indicators on more...
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
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