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By, Olajumoke Adeyeye, Melissa Hidrobo, Shalini Roy Climate change is exacerbating gender inequalities globally, and large-scale solutions are needed. There is growing interest in the potential of social protection. Social protection programs – such as cash transfers or food transfers targeted to poor rural households, often with bundled components such as trainings – are already implemented at large-scale in countries

Reposted here with permission from The India Forum. Originally published at: The India Forum  By Kalyani Raghunathan, Katrina Kosec, Jordan Kyle, Sudha Narayanan, and Soumyajit Ray “What will I do by going there?”, answered Phoolan Devi from Bolangir district of Odisha, when asked if she attended the palli (revenue village) sabha. The answer seemed obvious – “Nothing.” After all, it was her husband

Participants at the 3rd High-level Dialogue on gender and climate change in Nigeria held on October 9, 2024, at the Fraser suites Abuja. PHOTO/JB SAMA PHOTOS  On October 9, 2024, gender and climate experts gathered in Abuja for the third high-level dialogue on gender and climate change, convened by HER+, the CGIAR Gender Equality Research Initiative, to address gender equality

Uganda, 2024: Charity Naturinda attends to her mother’s vegetable stall at their home. Due to a disability with her leg, she had dropped out of school, but was able to go back after joining the GEG (Girls Empowering Girls) program—the first urban social protection program in Uganda targeting vulnerable adolescent girls. Photo Credit: UNICEF/UNI540154 IFPRI Blog   By Clara Ceravolo, Ilaria

IRRI engaged various partners to develop a framework to identify common goals and deliver relevant solutions for rice farmers  farmers across developing nations that bear the brunt of climate change. (Photo: IRRI India) rice TODAY Blog by Harsha Jain, Hom Gartaula, Ranjitha Puskur, and Richa Shivhare The CGIAR Gender Equality Initiative aims to bundle socio-technical innovations with women at the

By Jordan Kyle, Catherine Ragasa, Susan Kaaria, Margaret Mangheni, Dorine Odongo, and Anne Omamo Well-designed and well-implemented agrifood policies can play a significant role in closing gender gaps and setting countries on a pathway toward sustainable and equitable food systems. IFPRI’s new Women’s Empowerment in Agrifood Governance (WEAGov) assessment tool—developed with support from the CGIAR research initiative onGender Equality—measures women’s voice

This blog originally published by Alliance Bioversity & CIAT explores how reimagining women’s leadership in agrifood systems can create new pathways to equality and resilience, fostering lasting change across sectors. By: Meghajit Sharma Shijagurumayum, Miranda Yeen Morgan, Marlène Elias & Haley Zaremba   Women are key actors in agrifood systems, participating on and off farm at different scales and across the public

A woman carries a bowl across a field that is being prepared for planting cassava in Nigeria. Photo Credit: George Osodi/PANOS  IFPRI BLOG By Jordan Kyle, Catherine Ragasa, Susan Kaaria, Margaret Mangheni, Dorine Odongo, and Anne Omamo July 12, 2024 Well-designed and well-implemented agrifood policies can play a significant role in closing gender gaps and setting countries on a pathway toward sustainable