Déclaration des femmes signée au Forum Rural Mondial
Les femmes de l’Agriculture Familiale ont réclamé davantage de représentativité et de participation aux mécanismes de prises de décisions, lors d’une réunion tenue au cours de la Vè Conférence mondiale...
View ArticleSuccess Story: Empowering Women through Agricultural and Non- Agricultural...
This success story written by, Bidhya Shrestha, an agricultural graduate and a former Livelihood Coordinator at World Vision Nepal, is part of YPARD's "Young women and Youth's Gender Perspectives in...
View ArticleMeet Three Inspiring Ladies in Agriculture
Agnes Quaye farms cocoa in West Africa. Ceclia Mejía Domínguez grows strawberries, maize and potatoes in Honduras. Grace Amma farms and trains farmers in India. What do these three women have in...
View ArticleStrengthening ASEAN’s agri-industry through the empowerment of women
ASEAN countries could boost productivity of their agribusinesses simply by improving opportunities for women to participate in the sector on an equal footing with men, a senior UN official said. “Women...
View ArticleGeneral Assembly Passes Resolution on Financial Inclusion for Sustainable...
The UN General Assembly today adopted a resolution stressing the importance of financial inclusion as a key tool for implementing many of the vital development goals enshrined in new Sustainable...
View ArticleGlobal Youth Innovation Network: Youth Agribusiness, Leadership, and...
Global Youth Innovation Network (GYIN) is seeking applications for its second Global Youth Summit called the 2016 Youth Agribusiness, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship Summit on Innovation (YALESI 2016)...
View ArticleBoîtes à outils sectorielles sur Genre de l'AFD
Depuis mars 2014, l’Agence Française de Développement (AFD) s’est dotée d’un nouveau cadre d’intervention transversal (CIT) sur le genre et la réduction des inégalités hommes-femmes dans ses activités....
View ArticleAnnual Report on IFAD Policy on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment
This document reports on progress in the implementation of the IFAD Policy on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment. It was presented to the Executive Board in December 2015 and published in the...
View ArticleGender Challenges: A Conversation with Bina Agarwal
Tuesday, March 1st 2016, the University of Manchester Global Development Institute is hosting an event marking the launch of Gender Challenges, a three volume compendium of Professor Bina Agarwal’s...
View ArticleGearing up for International Women's Day 2016
The 2016 theme for International Women’s Day (IWD) is “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality”. The United Nations observance on 8 March will reflect on how to accelerate the 2030 Agenda,...
View ArticleRome-Based Agencies joint event: Empowered women and girls: key actors of...
The International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have the pleasure to invite you to join them in celebrating...
View ArticleOpportunity: Women Caring for Women International Grant Programme
Women Caring for Women International Grant Programme: Inviting Women from Developing Nations Mary A. Tidlund Charitable Foundation is currently accepting applications for its “Women Caring for Women”...
View ArticleEmpower Women takes part in new campaigns for empowerment
With the launch of their new website, Empower Women has recently taken a fresh approach at raising awareness about women's challenges and their potential to succeed. Last week, Empower Women launched...
View ArticleReframing Leadership for Gender Equality Course
WOCAN invites you to participate in the 'Reframing Leadership for Gender Equality’ course, to be held in Bangkok from 18-22 July 2016. WOCAN has developed this powerful and effective course based...
View ArticleA delegation of the WFO Women Committee met local farmers in Zambia
Agriculture remains the key priority sector in the growth and poverty reduction agenda of Zambia. Over 60 percent of the population derives its livelihood from agriculture. Zambia is currently...
View ArticleCatch up on what you missed on Gender in Agriculture
The CGIAR Gender and Agriculture Research Network has put together a new round-up of gender and agriculture related news including stories from across the CGIAR Centers and other partners. Check out...
View ArticleUNDP AFIM and APDEV present Digital Directory for Women and Youth
The United Nations Development Program's African Facility for Inclusive Markets, in collaboration with the NEPAD Agency's Africa Platform for Development Effectiveness (also known as "APDev") have...
View Article2016 IIFET Gender Special Session
At the 2016 biennial conference of the International Institute for Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET), to be held in Aberdeen 12-15 July, a Special Session on gender will be held. Entitled Gender...
View ArticleAt WHS, participants vow to put women and girls at centre of decision-making
The first-ever World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) drew to a close on 24 May, after two days of historic discussions among global leaders from 173 countries, focused on how to respond more effectively and...
View ArticleJoin the Conversation on Rural Women's Economic Empowerment
Through a partnership between UN Women, FAO, IFAD and WFP, the Joint Programme on “Accelerating Progress towards the Economic Empowerment of Rural Women,” (RWEE) creates a space for gender...
View ArticleFast Forwarding to the Future We Want - with UN Women
UN Women has released its Annual Report for 2015-2016, which marks UN Women's fifth year. The Annual Report documents UN Women’s work to foster women’s empowerment and gender equality around the world....
View ArticleGAF 101: A Training Workshop on Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture
Gender work is vital to fisheries and aquaculture, but there is often a gap in understanding of what gender and gender research are. Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries of the Asian Fisheries Society...
View ArticleCGIAR Gender and Agriculture Research Network invites you to its Annual...
Science-based innovation is at the heart of CGIAR’s vision of its impact on poverty reduction, food security and climate-smart resource management. Impactful innovation needs to be socially inclusive...
View ArticleThe SILC+GTA facilitation manual: the Savings and Internal Lending...
The purpose of integrating a gender-transformative perspective into savings and internal lending communities (SILC) is to engage men in SILC group participation and support, and to improve gender...
View ArticleNew Round-up is out--Check out what's new from CGIAR Gender!
The CGIAR Gender and Agriculture Research Network has put together a new round-up of gender and agriculture related news including stories from across the CGIAR Centers and other partners. Check out...
View ArticleJoin the #CGIARGoals Q&A Twitter Chat
This year, CGIAR are combining the outreach campaigns for World Food Day (16 Oct) and Prize (13 Oct), and the International Day of Rural Women (15 Oct) and Eradication of Poverty (17 Oct). You are...
View ArticleCRP Drylands celebrates International Day of Rural Women
To mark the upcoming International Day of Rural Women on 15th October, the CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems has released a special update including: Key Gender Research Studies and Highlights...
View ArticleWomen Call On Ghanaians To Insist On Quality Fish
Madam Lydia Sasu, the Executive Director of Development Action (DAA), a farmer based organisation stressed the importance of adopting safe and sustainable fishing methods and processing techniques,...
View ArticleWEDO determined to deliver gender-just climate action
The results of the US presidential election came in as WEDO is in the midst of climate negotiations at COP 22 in Marrakech. WEDO is at the negotiations advocating for ambitious action on climate change...
View ArticleStep It Up Together with Rural Women to End Hunger and Poverty
The 2030 Agenda envisages a future in which no one is left behind and poverty and hunger are eradicated in all their forms. Gender equality and women's empowerment are at the centre of the 2030 Agenda...
View ArticleAgrilinks launches discussion: How Can We Enhance Gender Equality in...
As part of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign, Agrilinks is asking its community to weigh in on what needs to be done to enhance gender equality in agriculture. According...
View ArticleFAO event aims to unleash potential of rural women
Gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls lies at the centre of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In addition to the targets for SDG5 “Achieve gender equality and empower all...
View ArticleRoundup for International Women’s Day: GLF's Top 5 Articles on Gender
The statistics on the matter are stark: women do the majority of the world’s work, but only 20% of landholders are women. Un- and underemployment both hit women harder, and the wage gap persists....
View Article61st session of the Commission on the Status of Women
The 61st session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61), taking place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 13 – 24 March, 2017, will focus on the theme of “Women’s economic...
View ArticleFinal report of the UN High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment
The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General established the High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment to bring together leaders from different constituencies—government, civil society, business...
View ArticleUN Commission on the Status of Women provides roadmap to women’s full and...
UN Member States today committed to ensure women’s full and equal participation and leadership in the economy, as well as women’s right to work and rights at work, as a vital step to achieving...
View ArticleGetting to grips with IFAD’s new Glossary on gender issues
IFAD’s Language Services and the Gender Desk have launched a multilingual glossary that provides a harmonized vocabulary in Arabic, English, French and Spanish. It contains a multilingual listing of...
View ArticleFSN Forum hosts ongoing online discussion on gender transformative impacts
The Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum) invites you to the online discussion Rural women: striving for gender transformative impacts, facilitated by FAO in collaboration with IFAD,...
View ArticleCGIAR Gender Webinar: "Gender mainstreaming in the Participatory Market...
The International Potato Center (CIP) and CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research will jointly host the webinar “Gender mainstreaming in the Participatory Market Chain Approach (PMCA)”...
View ArticleCelebrating International Day of Rural Women
The CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research celebrated the International Day of Rural Women (IDRW) October 15th by launching a campaign illustrating how CGIAR gender research contributes to...
View ArticleIFAD/FAO/WFP Celebration of International Women’s Day
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) with the kind support of the Government of Canada have the...
View ArticleMedia advisory: International Women’s Day 2018
Time is Now: Rural and Urban Activists Transforming Women’s Lives International Women’s Day will be commemorated globally on 8 March. Coming on the heels of unprecedented global movement for women’s...
View ArticleHonouring women on the farm and in the studio
On the occasion of International Women’s Day 2018, Farm Radio International has released a special issue of Barza Wire, featuring Farmer stories about what women farmers in Tanzania, Kenya, and across...
View ArticleEnhancing Opportunities for Rural Women’s Employment: Lessons from the Joint...
The sixty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), held in New York from 13 to 24 March 2017, discussed innovative ways to empower women in the changing world of work. To...
View ArticleRome-based agencies and UN-Women accelerate progress on joint programme on...
The sixty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), taking place in New York 12-23 March, is discussing innovative policies and practical solutions to the multiple challenges...
View ArticlePitch AgriHack seeks to promote greater engagement of young women
CTA has launched ‘Pitch AgriHack 2018’ a competition to support young agricultural entrepreneurs (agripreneurs) build viable businesses and boost innovation for a more sustainable agricultural sector....
View ArticleProfessionalising women farmers: Key to success
In the Pacific, “Women are the backbone of communities and families,” says Lavinia Kaumaitotya, programme manager of the Pacific Island Farmers Organisation Network. The same holds true in Africa and...
View ArticleLatest newsletter out from CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research
CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research has released the sixth issue of their quarterly newsletter. It features insights from the Platform Coordinator, recent peer-reviewed gender...
View ArticleIn Focus: International Day of Rural Women
Rural women make up a quarter of the world’s population. They grow much of our food, strengthen economies and build climate resilience. From championing access to clean water in Kyrgyzstan to boosting...
View ArticleReady to grow: Investing in the future of rural women and girls
Rural women cultivate the land and grow crops to feed their families and communities, but many still lack access to the resources, opportunities, skills and services they need to farm more productively...
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