October 15 is the UN designated International Day of Rural Women. This day recognizes “the critical role and contribution of rural women, including indigenous women, in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty.” CGIAR has committed itself to making a critical difference in gender equity in agriculture.
The deadline for the 2nd Call for CGIAR Consortium Gender Postdoctoral Fellows (PDF) has now been extended. Applications will be accepted until October 15, 2015. This call is designed to promote integration of a social science PDF in a CGIAR technical research team, with an emphasis on plant and animal breeding and is open to proposals from scientists of any…
New release: A special issue of the International Forestry Review on Gender in Agroforestry, in collaboration with the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA).
The first in a series of knowledge sharing initiatives is this curated list of news items from with the CGIAR and beyond, related to the broader theme of gender and agriculture. Aimed at a wider audience and just recently launched, this weekly round-up is an example of how information on related resources and research activities can be shared across the…
