How many of us want to address gender in our work, but when it comes down to the specifics, aren’t quite sure how? Join the discussion- help us develop a series of collaborative questions to investigate gender in agricultural water management projects.
In Northern Ghana, through a series of field visits and focus group discussions, we spoke with local community members about small reservoirs and how they affect both genders differently. Here are three interesting lessons that we learned.
This film follows a group of ten youth innovators as they devise a solution to landscapes challenges to be pitched to a panel of judges in a Dragon's Den style event at the Global Landscapes Forum.
People should be allowed and even, in some circumstances, encouraged to move for work. But the current structure of migration, particularly in the Ganges plains, contributes to the reproduction of rural poverty.
The evidence base is growing: strengthening women’s land rights contributes to women’s empowerment and household welfare. But it isn’t that simple - there are always vested interests to protect the status quo along with the additional issues of navigating gender norms. How can we improve women's land tenure? Join the discussion
What are we actually talking about when we refer to women’s land rights? Here’s what the research is showing us: ten papers from IFPRI authors and partners highlight what we know and what we don’t know - but really should! - about gender and land tenure.
Matrilineal societies are often mistakenly connected with female empowerment. But in light of Rural Women’s Day (October 15), as an anthropologist, I feel the need to raise a red flag.
Rumor has it that women are naturally the more environmentally conscious sex. As “keepers of the earth” they are the ones who selflessly care for the planet and are the ones who will bear the disproportionate burden as it is degraded. But is this really true?
The widely cited “fact” that women in Africa provide 60-80% of the labor in agriculture is the latest of a set of claims that have been called into question about women’s contributions in agriculture based on new data from six sub-Saharan African Countries.
A major report on water for food security and nutrition, launched on Friday by the high-level panel of experts on food security and nutrition, is the first comprehensive effort to bring together access to water, food security and nutrition. This report goes far beyond the usual focus on water for agriculture.
Has anyone considered the relationship between the stubbornly high malnutrition in Laos and the increasing workloads of women in agriculture? A recent World Bank report ignored this question, while other projects are assuming that nutrition can be solved by boosting the numbers of trainings and home gardens.
There are many gender mainstreaming workshops that take place each year. Few are successful at motivating behavior change. But a workshop in Gondar, Ethiopia was different. Some researchers came to argue that gender mainstreaming isn’t necessary. They left as supporters of the approach.
