Environment

Rural Women Councils (RWC)

Table of Contents 1 Definition 2 Goals of RWCs 3 Activities of Rural Women Councils 3.1 Public awareness raising 3.2 Community mobilization 3.3 Education (tailor-made thematic trainings) and capacity building (trainings on organizational skills, project cycle management) 3.4 Community advocacy for local concerns 3.5 Networking and lobbying 4 RWCs principles 5 RWCs in the South […]

“We Can’t Wait”: a report on sanitation and hygiene for women and girls

Download the full report. Table of Contents 1 About 1.1 The report 2 Outline 3 See also 4 References 5 External links About The international community acknowledged the importance of sanitation by including targets in the Millennium Development Goals. Yet with the 2015 deadline fast approaching we are still far from addressing this global crisis. […]

The Agri-Gender Database

A statistical toolkit for the production of sex-disaggregated agricultural data Table of Contents 1 The Database 2 Focus on Africa 3 Structure 3.1 The Database is structured around nine data items 3.2 The toolkit consists of two sections 3.2.1 Section 1 3.2.2 Section 2 4 References 5 See also The Database The Agri-Gender Database is a […]

The SOFA Report 2011: “Women in agriculture: Closing the gender gap for development”

The State of Food and Agriculture 2010–11 makes the “business case” for addressing gender issues in agriculture and rural employment. Increasing women’s access to land, livestock, education, financial services, extension, technology and rural employment would boost their productivity and generate gains in terms of agricultural production, food security, economic growth and social welfare. Closing the […]

Gender Equality and the Environment

Women and men interact with their physical environment and natural resources in different ways. However, across the world, women are still discriminated against when it comes to decision-making and natural resource management. In some countries women have no or few rights to access land, for example, which limits their decision-making abilities and their capacity in […]

Women’s Environmental Council

The Women’s Environmental Council (WEC) is a non-profit association of female professionals in a variety of environmental fields. The association, based in Southern California, , strives to improve the environmental industry and maintain the well being of communities. The Women’s Environmental Council functions a national environmental association, proven to play a leadership role regarding environmental issues, […]

Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index

Table of Contents 1 Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index 2 The Five Domains of Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture 3 The Gender Parity Index (GPI) 4 See also 5 External links Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index is a significant new breakthrough in the measurement of women’s empowerment in developing countries. […]

Solar Sister

Table of Contents 1 Presentation 2 A success story 3 Future developments 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Presentation Of the 1.6 billion people that don’t have access to electricity in the world, 70% are women and girls.Solar Sister: Bringing a market based, gender inclusive, bottom up clean energy revolution to Africa , […]

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