Understanding the dynamics of empowerment among rural women in Ethiopia

Posted on Monday 16 July 2018 by Paul Karaimu • Leave a comment

Local sociocultural norms and an individual’s ability to meet socially constructed roles determine our understanding of the ‘empowerment’ of women and men in rural communities. These were the findings of a study in Ethiopia that tested the suitability of an existing survey-based Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index’s (WEAI) domains and indicators. Continue reading →

Event / PIL / Women

FAO and ILRI hold training workshop on integrating gender in livestock projects and programs

Posted on Thursday 8 December 2011 by Evelyn Namvua • Leave a comment

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Animal Production and Health Division (AGA) jointly with the Gender, Equity and Rural Employment Division (ESW) and the Poverty, Gender and Impact (PGI) team of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) held a training workshop on integrating gender in livestock projects and programs for FAO country livestock officers and … Continue reading →

Agriculture / Women

Closing the gender gap in agriculture

Posted on Tuesday 8 March 2011 by ILRI Communications • Leave a comment

If women in rural areas had the same access to land, technology, financial services, education and markets as men, agricultural production could be increased and the number of hungry people reduced by 100-150 million, FAO said yesterday in its 2010-11 edition of The State of Food and Agriculture report. Read the news release This 4 … Continue reading →