Originally posted at https://www.ifpri.org/blog/looking-back-move-forward JULY 1, 2015 by AGNES QUISUMBING My 20th anniversary of working at IFPRI coincides with the 20th anniversary of the UN World Conference on Women in Beijing, where then First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton proudly proclaimed that women’s rights are human rights. I had been hired to lead IFPRI’s research program on gender >> Read more
Publication: Transnational Land Deals and Gender Equality: Utilitarian and Human Rights Approaches
This article by Poul Wosberg, published in Feminist Economics, is freely available from Routledge Social Sciences journals until June 30, 2015: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13545701.2013.862341#.VNt2_8msyuw Abstract: Transnational land deals pose vexing normative (ethical) questions, not least concerning gendered participation and outcomes. This article explores utilitarian and human rights approaches to gender equality in selected policy initiatives on the land >> Read more
Event (DC): Georgetown Law’s Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa (LAWA) Fellowship Program In cooperation with Congresswomen Louise Slaughter Invite you to a Congressional Briefing addressing Women’s Human Rights in Africa
Speakers Makda Tessema (Ethiopia) What Next? The Practice of Female Genital Mutilation in Ethiopia: Legal Boundaries and Cultural Norms Zaamu Kaboneke (Uganda) Climate Change and Women’s Human Rights in Uganda Rachel Muthoga (Kenya) 2007-2008 Post-Election Violence: The Failure of the Kenyan Legal System to Protect Women from Sexual and Gender Based Violence Gladys Mbuya (Cameroon) >> Read more
