To celebrate the International Day of Rural Women (IDRW) on October 15th, the CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research illustrates 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…
Welcome to the seventh issue of the CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research’s quarterly newsletter! We feature insights from the Platform Coordinator, recent peer-reviewed gender publications (with a special coverage on GENNOVATE), an overview of CGIAR gender research in action, links to upcoming and past webinars, and an exciting list of upcoming events including the next Annual Scientific Conference! Last, but…
The CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research is hosting the webinar ‘Can micronutrient training create women’s demand for high-zinc rice? The case of Bangladesh‘ on Friday October 19 (11am-12.30pm CEST). The webinar is organized in collaboration with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). REGISTER FOR THIS WEBINAR Background Zinc is one of the key micronutrients required for children’s adequate growth. In Bangladesh,…
In 2019, the Annual Scientific Conference and Capacity Development Workshop will take a different approach with the ‘Seeds of Change‘ Conference. This conference, jointly funded by the Australian Centre for Agricultural Research, CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research and University of Canberra will take place on April 2-4, 2019 in Canberra, Australia. Call for papers, posters and panels The call for papers, posters and…
The UN Women’s 2018 flagship report on gender and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offers a framework to monitor each of the 17 goals of the SDGs from a gender perspective, and takes stock of that performance to date. In this short blog post series, Bimbika Sijapati Basnett (Gender Coordinator for the Center for International Forestry Research – CIFOR) analyzes this…
