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Have you ever seen a female tour guide?

Tayebwa Morris wrote 2 months ago: Have you ever seen a female tour guide? I have had a good share of safaris all over East Africa but … more →

Tags: Gender and Development, africa tourism, Gender and Empowerment

Women no longer at ease - Uganda's Independent

emotan77 wrote 3 months ago: WOMEN NO LONGER AT EASE by   by Joan Akello and Ian Katusiime The Independent [Uganda] Is the reduce … more →

Tags: Africa, Women, The Independent, Joan Akello, Ian Katusiime, gender activism, women in africa, women activism in Uganda no longer vibrant, Women in Governance

The Importance Of Men And Masculinities In Gender And Development4 comments

SesapZai wrote 9 months ago: I’m currently taking a class on gender and development and I absolutely LOVE it so far, even t … more →

Tags: Central Asia, East, Empowerment, Feminism, feminist, feminist research, GAD, Gender, Gender and Development

Featured Events: March 2012

Global Affairs Graduate Society wrote 1 year ago: This month’s featured events include a networking opportunity with WID, a film screening of Our Scho … more →

Tags: Events Archive, Events Upcoming, Events, Women, International Women's Day, Women's rights, Our School, networking, water

Eliminating health inequities : every woman and every child counts

tksausaid wrote 1 year ago: This report stresses the importance of removing all barriers to health services for women and childr … more →

Tags: health, family planning, Gender, children and young people, Developing Countries

Social enterprise, local solutions to local problems

Tutaota Africa wrote 1 year ago: There is often said that NGOs have no interest in ending poverty in Africa because if they did they … more →

Tags: Africans changing Africa, zambia, Primary Education, Education, Entreprenuership, Entreprenuers, Local Solutions

Women of Africa : a powerful untapped economic force for the continent

tksausaid wrote 1 year ago: This report highlights the reality that in the seven largest economies in Africa, only 32.7% of wome … more →

Tags: Economics, Millennium Development Goals, poverty alleviation, Africa, Income Distribution, Labour Force, Microfinance, labour force, Female Participation

The Sex/Gender System In Afghanistan1 comment

SesapZai wrote 1 year ago: Late last year, I wrote a high-level paper on the topic of Gender and Development (GAD), using Afgha … more →

Tags: pashtun, pakhtun, Pashto, Afghan, pukhtun, Afghanistan, Women, NGO, Rural Development

Q: Why Invest in Women?

Katherine Mullen wrote 1 year ago: A: Investing in women’s healthcare, education, social, political and economic equality more th … more →

Tags: Infographics, USAID

Julie Nelson ’10 – Changing Lives in Azerbaijan

rmublog wrote 1 year ago: Julie with Prof. Sue Jamison in September '11 Before coming to Robert Morris University, Julie … more →

Tags: Robert Morris University, RMU, peace corps, Azerbaijan, yevlakh, Sociology, Sue Jamison, Hopewell, West Africa

World Food Day - Women, Food and Disparity

Mary Gleason wrote 1 year ago: The World Food Programme (WFP), the food aid arm of the United Nations, has this to say about Women … more →

Tags: Advocacy, Food, water, microenterprise, Women, Girls, women and food, women agriculture

Casa del Sol teaches Granos Solidarios how to cook using solar energy

guisellejimenez01 wrote 2 years ago: Last Saturday, Bien de Mujer staff and 17 women from Granos Solidarios traveled all the way to Casa … more →

Tags: About WWD-F/Bien de Mujer, Granos Solidarios, Costa Rica, Womens Wellbeing and Development Foundation, WWDF, Bien de Mujer, women's organization, NGO Costa Rica, Casa Del Sol

Women helping women in La Carpio, Granos Solidarios1 comment

guisellejimenez01 wrote 2 years ago: Created and supported by the Women’s Wellbeing and Development Foundation/Bien de Mujer (WWDF/Bien d … more →

Tags: About WWD-F/Bien de Mujer, Granos Solidarios, Womens Wellbeing and Development Foundation, WWDF, WWD-F, Bien de Mujer, Costa Rica nonprofit, women's organization, La Carpio

Sheryl WuDunn: Our century’s greatest injustice | Video on TED.com

Jerry wrote 2 years ago: Sheryl WuDunn: Our century’s greatest injustice | Video on TED.com. … more →

Tags: Development 2, Women, development, Half the sky, TED Talks, wudunn

Let's Hear it for the Girls (and Girl Cubs)!3 comments

Nikita wrote 3 years ago: Note:  This piece was originally written in March 2010 during International Women’s Month Hi everyon … more →

Tags: International Development, Africa, India, China, United Nations, micorsavings programs, Ellen-Johnson-Sirleaf, Children

Some substance when talking about Hillary Clinton's foreign policy

gringolost wrote 3 years ago: I’m a fan of Hillary Clinton.  As well, I should be (and so should everyone else).  After all, … more →

Tags: broadband access, Carlos Slim, U.S. Foreign Policy, obama, capacity building, Soft Power, International Relations, México, Strategy

Sowing Autonomy: Gender and Seed Politics in semi-arid India

findyourfeet wrote 4 years ago: “Over the last five decades, seeds have slipped out of farmers’ control by gradually becoming … more →

Tags: Biodiversity, GM, EMPOWERING WOMEN, Seed saving

Japanese Luncheon at Anihan

anihanschool wrote 4 years ago: Prepared and served by the Anihan Scholars, this was the culminating activity for their National Cer … more →

Tags: scholars, Programs, skills exhibit, commercial cooking, food-and-beverage-services, japanese luncheon

Anihan Graduation 2009 on Flickr

anihanschool wrote 4 years ago: Click here to see the slideshow on FLICKR … more →

Tags: Graduation, Employment, Programs, women skills, baking, flickr, graduation 2009, commercial cooking, food-and-beverage-services


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