At the current pace of change, it is going to take us over a century to close the global gender gap. Research conducted by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) shows that poverty here is accentuated by equalities by caste, ethnicity and gender. This op-ed shared on the World Economic Forum blog was written by Claudia Sadoff, Dirdctor General of…
“Think equal, build smart, innovate for change” Click on the campaign below to discover the CGIAR response to new and pressing gender challenges. international women’s day 2019 by CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research on Exposure (photo credit: IRRI) The 2019 theme for International Women’s Day, 8 March, was: “Think equal, build smart, innovate for change”. On this most important date,…
The CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research hosted the webinar ‘Changing gender norms in agriculture projects – What works in Pakistan and Ethiopia‘ on Thursday February 28 (2.00-3.30pm CET). The webinar was organized in collaboration with the CGIAR Research Program on Wheat. Webinar recording Please access the webinar recording here. In order to play that .wrf file you need to download the…
This is the eighth and final issue of the CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research’s quarterly newsletter for 2018! This issue features a myriad of insights and news from the Platform Coordinator, a selection of the recent peer-reviewed gender publications, a peek into upcoming 2019 webinars and links to all 2018 webinars, an overview of the very diverse ‘CGIAR gender research in action‘, and…
What is on the minds of leading CGIAR researchers as they integrate gender perspectives in pursuit of system-wide objectives? CCAFS Gender and Social Inclusion group focuses on research on how climate-smart agriculture supports smallholder farmer adaptation and resilience to climate change, and builds food and nutrition security while also being gender transformative. We collaborate notably with the African Working Group on…
