Cross-cutting Gender Research and Coordination

CROSS-CUTTING GENDER RESEARCH AND COORDINATION

Webinar
March 23, 2018
Webinar: Women in agriculture: Four myths
Sustainable Development Goal 5 on gender equality and women’s rights and at least 11 of the 17 SDGs require indicators related to gender dynamics. Despite the need for reliable indicators, stylized facts on women, agriculture, and the environment persist. During this webinar we will focus on four gender myths: 1) 70% of the world’s poor are women; 2) Women produce 60 to 80% of the world’s food; 3) Women own 1% of the world’s land; and 4) Women are better stewards of the environment.
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Events
December 15, 2017
CGIAR Gender Platform: Annual Scientific Conference and Capacity Development Workshop 2017
The CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research convened its first Annual Scientific Conference and Capacity Development Workshop on December 5-8, 2017.
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Blog
November 15, 2017
Journal article: Using cognitive interviewing to improve the WEAI survey instruments
The purpose of cognitive interviewing is to systematically identify and analyze sources of response error in surveys, and to use that information to improve the quality and accuracy of survey instruments. The new paper describes the cognitive interviews undertaken in Bangladesh and Uganda in 2014 as part of the second round of pilots intended to refine the original version of the Women’s Empowerment in Agricultural Index (WEAI).
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Blog
November 7, 2017
Journal article: Women in agriculture: Four myths
This paper by Cheryl Doss, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Agnes Quisumbing, and Sophie Theis just published in Global Food Security inspects four pervasive gender myths: 1) Women account for 70% of the world's poor; 2) Women produce 60–80% of the world's food; 3) Women own 1% of the world's land; and 4) Women are better stewards of the environment.
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Blog
October 16, 2017
How CGIAR improves the livelihoods of rural women
To celebrate this year's International Day of Rural Women (October 15), 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.
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Blog
September 25, 2017
Gender Dynamics in Seed Systems: CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research announces results of the call for proposals
The call, announced in August, invited CGIAR researchers to submit proposals on gender relations vis-a-vis technological and institutional innovation, with a focus on gender dynamics in seed systems. Five selected projects will be carried out during the next 18 months and will be co-funded by Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) through the Gender Platform and other CGIAR research programs involved.
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Blog
October 6, 2014
How much food do women produce?
Women play important roles in all smallholder farming systems. Advocates for women farmers often claim that “women produce 60-80% of the world’s food.” Evidence, however, suggests that the underlying claim is simply a myth.
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