Please join the IFPRI Gender Task Force for a webinar with WorldFish and CARE on Thursday, February 16, 9:00am-10:00am EST Screencast is available here for download; slides can be viewed here. Presenters: Steven Cole, Cynthia McDougall, & Afrina Choudhury from WorldFish & the FISH CGIAR Research Program; Emily Hillenbrand & Pranati Mohanraj from CARE USA Discussant: Ruth Meinzen-Dick >> Read more
WEBINAR: Measuring Unpaid Care in Market Systems Development: Methods and Tools
Measuring Unpaid Care in Market Systems Development: Methods and Tools Tuesday, December 6, 9:30 am - 10:30 am, US EST This webinar follows the recent publication of a brief supported by the Leveraging Economic Opportunities (LEO) project, which seeks to enhance USAID programs, projects, and activities focused on creating inclusive market systems. Presenters will highlight recent learning >> Read more
WEBINAR: Facilitating women’s economic empowerment: Tackling gender norms and unpaid care
Market systems programmes are increasingly encompassing women’s economic empowerment. Such programmes often aim to increase women’s access to opportunities, but with little consideration of how gender norms or roles and responsibilities in the household and the community can undermine both development outcomes and market activities. This webinar brings together findings from two BEAM-supported research projects to answer >> Read more
Resources from CARE Measuring and Monitoring Gender Behavior Change event now available
On Thursday, April 16th at the Carnegie Endowment Conference Center in Washington DC, CARE’s Pathways team hosted a dissemination event to share our experience and expertise in Measuring and Monitoring gender behavior change in agricultural programs. Please visit their blog to read about the event and access the compiled list of materials referenced during the >> Read more
Resources from CARE International on integrating gender into climate adaptation
CARE International has several useful resources on integrating gender in adaptation. These resources recognize that the relations between men, women, and youth affect people's capacity to adapt to the impacts of climate change. Check it out! Communique on Gender and community based adaptation (CBA) Joto Afrika issue 9 on CBA and Gender CCAFS / CARE >> Read more
Monitoring and mitigating gender-based violence within non-GBV sectoral programming
CARE has just released Guidance for Gender Based Violence (GBV) Monitoring and Mitigation within Non-GBV Focused Sectoral Programming. This document aims to address the increasing demand for clear guidance on how to practically and ethically monitor and mitigate gender-based violence (GBV) within non-emergency, international development programming, in which GBV is not a specific programmatic component. >> Read more
New toolbox for gender and inclusion in climate change projects
After much anticipation, the Gender and Inclusion Toolbox: Participatory Research in Climate Change and Agriculture, presenting gender-sensitive and socially inclusive participatory action research methods, was finally launched yesterday in Nairobi via a well-attended live-streamed event! The launch coincided with the International Day of Rural Women to emphasize the need for more relevant, gender-responsive methods and tools >> Read more
