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Amelie Noether

Amalie Emmy Noether was born on 23 March 1882 in Erlangen, . She was a mathematician known for her groundbreaking contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics, and was described by Albert Einstein and others as the most important woman in the history of mathematics. Table of Contents 1 Education 2 Career 1908-1920 3 Work […]

Amartya Sen

Amartya Kumar Sen CH (Hon) (born 3 November 1933), is a Bengali Indian economist, philosopher, and a winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998, “for his contributions to welfare economics” for his work on famine, human development theory, welfare economics, the underlying mechanisms of poverty, and political liberalism. Table of Contents […]

Albert Cashier

Albert D. J Cashier lived from December 25, 1843 to October 10, 1915. Cashier was a , born Jennie Irene Hodgers in Ireland.Spalding, Peg. “Union Maid”. http://history.alliancelibrarysystem.com/IllinoisAlive/files/iv/htm2/ivtxt018.cfm. Retrieved 2007-12-13. Table of Contents 1 Early Life 2 Army 3 Post-Army 4 Death 5 References 6 See Also Early Life Cashier was born in Clogherhead, County Louth, […]

Department for International Development (DfID) and gender equality

The Department for International Development (DFID) is the part of the Government that manages Britain’s aid to poor countries. DFID is headed by the Secretary of State for International Development, Justine Greening, a Cabinet minister who is one of the senior ministers in the Government. Alan Duncan (Minister of State for International Development), Lynne Featherstone […]

African Women’s Development Fund

The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) funds local, national, sub-regional and regional organisations in Africa working towards women’s empowerment. The AWDF is an institutional capacity-building and programme development fund, which aims to help build a culture of learning and partnerships within the African women’s movement. In addition to awarding grants, the AWDF attempts to strengthen […]

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH

Table of Contents 1 About GTZ 2 GTZ and CSR 3 GTZ and Gender 4 External Links About GTZ As an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations, the federally owned Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH supports the German Government in achieving its development-policy objectives. GTZ is a federal enterprise based […]

Forced Sterilization

Table of Contents 1 About 2 Legislation 3 Historical Practices of Forced Sterilization 3.1 Nazi Eugenics 3.2 3.3 4 Forced Sterilization of women in 5 References 6 External Links About Forced sterilization refers to involuntary surgical sterilization, imposed by an individual or government body. The practice was more common in the first half of the […]

Ripple Effect Images

Table of Contents 1 Ripple Effect Images 1.1 Mission 1.2 Projects 1.2.1 Effects of Climate Change on Women 1.3 Photographers 1.4 Photo Archive 1.5 See also 1.6 References 1.7 External links Ripple Effect Images Ripple Effect Images is a project started by Annie Griffiths, a prominent National Geographic photographer, to record the lives and stories […]

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