Discussions with an MGNREGA labour group in Araria, Bihar. Photo by Siddharth Kumar, SSEVS. INDIAN FORUM BLOG How can Women Make Their Demands? There are internal constraints and structural barriers to women’s claim-making under MGNREGA. Supporting more egalitarian decision-making within the village, designing interventions that can help women gain confidence to speak out in public and making officials more responsive
Prama Mukhopadhyay, Ranjitha Puskur, Deepali Chadha, Hom N. Gartaula Article originally published on irrr.org Climate change poses severe risks for farmers around the world, with women and marginalized communities in developing countries experiencing the biggest and worst impacts. The ‘EMPOWER‘ work package of the CGIAR Gender Equality Initiative is piloting approaches to tackle these challenges by developing solutions that integrate social and technological innovations
We are excited to invite you to the upcoming third high-level dialogue on gender and climate change in Nigeria, convened by the CGIAR Gender Equality Research Initiative, HER+. DATE: October 9, 2024 TIME: 8:30 am- 4:00pm WAT VENUE: Fraser Suites Abuja, Nigeria HER+ initiative investigates solutions to address limited empowerment, voice, and resources and discriminatory gender norms that hinder women’s
CGIAR Gender Equality Initiative, HER+ will be participating in the upcoming Tropentag Conference in Austria from September 10 to 13, 2024. HER+ work package EMPOWER is organising a hybrid workshop and invites you to join us. Workshop Description: Climate shocks such as droughts, floods, and extreme weather events disproportionately affect women and marginalized farmers in the agrifood systems; due to
On June 19, 2024, a consortium of experts and stakeholders dedicated to advancing gender equality, youth empowerment, and social inclusion within agrifood systems convened at the White Sands Hotel in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The gathering aimed to evaluate the scaling readiness of the Gender Norms in Agrifood Systems Measurement Toolkit. Developed by the CGIAR Gender Equality Initiative, HER+, this
Graphic: Jamed Falik, Head of Creative Solutions (IFPRI) & Jason Chow, Graphic Designer (IFPRI) Welcome to CGIAR Gender Equality Initiative, HER+ research collection. Here you’ll find a curated collection of the latest publications and innovations from HER+ initiative TRANSFORM, EMPOWER, PROTECT, and VOICE work packages. Simply click on the titles, hyperlinks, and buttons and dive into our latest publications, high-level
The CGIAR Gender Equality Initiative, HER+, will be featured in the CGIAR Science Week in three side events. Register today and join the Science Week and the HER+ side events. Day 2: July 2, 2024 Science Talk – Co-designing for Gender Transformative Change Time: 15:00 – 16:30 EAT Venue: Room 10 Day 4: July 4, 2024 Science Talk – Innovate,
CGIAR gender researchers have studied a project that gave more than 25,000 Indian women access to the ‘one-acre model’, designed to give women the right to grow crops using efficient agricultural technologies. They find that bundling both technical and social solutions is critical to enable women to overcome barriers to productive, profitable and resilient livelihoods. Marked by deficient rains and