Source:Science and Development Network
We are far from easing the drudgery of women farm workers. But there is growing interest in designing technologies to improve their lives, report M Sreelata and Naomi Antony.
The seemingly simple act of removing the husks from...
17/04/2012
Source: Voice of America
Despite the large role women play in agriculture in the developing world, experts say they continue to face discrimination, gender inequality and a lack of access to credit. A global partnership is campaigning to secure rights for women farmers....
23/03/2012
The First Global Conference on Women in Agriculture (GCWA), organized in New Delhi on March 13-15 by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and the Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI), was supported through the Gender in Agriculture Partnership...
22/03/2012
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Neglect of Women Farmers Leads to Malnutrition, Failed Harvests,
Lives of Backbreaking Drudgery, Say...
21/03/2012
On 13-15 March, 2012, 760 participants from 50 countries gathered at the NASC Complex, New Delhi, India for the First global conference addressing the gender gap in agriculture and how women can be sustainably empowered in this sector. The Global conference on Women in Agriculture (GCWA) was co-...
18/03/2012
With women handling almost half of farm work in poor countries,
experts say “leveling the plowing field” could help end hunger for 150 million people
For press materials, background reports, and corresponding photos, please visit the...
15/03/2012
The fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from Monday, 27 February to Friday, 9 March 2012.
Main Themes:
Priority theme
The empowerment of rural women and their role in...
16/01/2012
The Global Conference on Women in Agriculture will be held in New Delhi, India with the goal of empowering women for inclusive growth in agriculture.
The main objectives of the conference are the following:
-To discuss and deliberate the prevailing and emerging gender issues in agriculture...
14/12/2011
