The 2019-2020 GREAT course will focus on gender-responsive plant breeding. GREAT courses are offered to multi-disciplinary project teams composed of at least one biophyiscal scientist (e.g. plant breeder) and one social scientist (e.g. sociologist, agricultural economist, etc.) working on existing agricultural research for development projects in sub-Saharan Africa. Click to learn more!
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…
The CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research hosted the webinar ‘Guidelines and good practices for achieving gender equality outcomes through climate services‘ on Wednesday January 23 (2.00-3.30pm CET). The webinar was organized in collaboration with the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). Webinar recording WEBINAR recording Click on the link (left) and enter the password: GqC2B8tJ Presentations Promoting gender…
To celebrate the International Day of Rural Women (IDRW) on October 15th, the CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research illustrated how gender research in agricultural and natural resource domains is contributing to improving the lives of rural women. Click here to access our campaign or click the photo below. To mark the International Day of Rural Women on October 15th, the CGIAR…
