The AWARD Fellowship is a career-development program that since 2008 has, through tailored fellowships, equipped top women agricultural scientists across sub-Saharan Africa to accelerate agricultural gains by strengthening their science and leadership skills. Application deadline is October 7, 2017. Access the application forms here.
Read CCAFS South Asia’s special edition newsletter on ‘Gender and Social Inclusion in Climate Smart Agriculture’ on the occasion of International Day of Rural Women, October 15th.
As part of its assessment of the CGIAR Research Program Portfolio (CRP2) submitted in March 2016, the Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC) commissioned two external reviews of gender and youth strategy in the 12 CRP and three platform proposals. This brief provides a summary of those external reviews.
The CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) and CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research will jointly organized the webinar “Design elements for gender-responsive breeding” Thursday 21 September. Access the webinar recording here.
This paper by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the World Bank examines long-term impacts of improved school quality at the elementary school cycle on subsequent schooling investments and labor market outcomes in the Philippines by analyzing “The Third Elementary Education Project (TEEP).” The paper finds that the impacts of subsequent schooling investments and labor market earnings differ between females…
This paper by WorldFish and partners presents evidence on homestead pond polyculture systems in Bangladesh. The paper describes that nutrition-sensitive homestead pond polyculture approaches can have outstanding nutrition and health benefits, especially for women and young children. The paper further illustrates that women are engaged in pond polyculture, spending up to 25 minutes per day on tasks such as fish feeding,…
Despite a clear mandate for addressing gender equality in climate policy and action, gender considerations tend to be sidelined or watered down at national/program levels. This policy brief from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) uses climate research and analyses to advocate for stronger commitments and policy from the Green Climate Fund. Access the policy brief here.
The latest GNIE blog highlights a recent World Bank working paper, “Measuring time use in development settings,” by A4NH researchers Greg Seymour, Hazel Malapit, and Agnes Quisumbing. The blog asks: “What is so hard about measuring time use and why does it matter for gender research?”
A study conducted by the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) and the CGIAR Research Program on Wheat reveals that women as well as men are coping with drought vulnerability and subsequent unemployment by resorting to rural-rural migration from drought-prone areas to the more resource endowed and labor-intensive areas. Further, the study also found that women overcame the duel challenge…
CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research is excited to announce that this year’s “Scientific Conference and Capacity Development Workshop” will take place at KIT, Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam December 5-8 2017.
