Food security and gender
Recognising the role of women as food producers and managers of household food security; access and control of food in the household; nutrition; tools for analysing gender within food security initiatives.
- Examining long-term impacts on food-production and food security for women farmers
- N. Tandon; I. Smyth (ed); C. Sweetman (ed) / Oxfam, 2010
- Trade liberalisation impacts on local land markets and land-use; the cost of land and agricultural assets affect food prices; and the combined effect is particularly damaging to women who produce food and who put food on the table for...
- Helping women respond to the global food crisis
- Quisumbing A 2008
- The 2007-2008 food price crisis received widespread attention but the gender dimensions of the crisis were largely overlooked. Yet ongoing research on gender and intra-household resource allocation continues to suggest not only that m...
- Using gender research in development: food security in practice
- International Food Policy Research Institute, 2006
- Gender equality is a basic human right, and closing the gender gap is key to achieving many development objectives. Yet many practitioners and advocates concerned with achieving gender equality are often constrained by the lack of inf...
- Gender equality and women's empowerment within agricultural development
- Development Assistance Committee, OECD, 1997
- These short practice notes provide guidance on how to address gender equality and women's empowerment within agricultural development co-operation. Rural women's work in agriculture is crucial to the provision of household food securi...
- Exploring how status affects the food security of women in Bangladesh
- M.A. Razzaque; M.M.K. Toufique / United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research, 2007
- This paper explores the relationship between women's status within the household (her power to bargain) and food security, considering individuals food intake, physical differences, activities performed, budget and asset control. It d...
- Focus on women, World Food Programme (WFP)
- WFP's work on food security and women
- Tips for integrating gender into USAID agricultural sector solicitations
- US Agency for International Development, 2010
- Women play a major role in agricultural activities in many developing countries, producing 60-80 percent of food. Although this contribution is crucial to food security and economic growth women continue to have limited access t...
- The nutrition transition: a gender perspective with reference to Brazil
- Frances Hansford / Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, 2010
- 'Nutritional Transition' is a term used to describe the growing trend of obesity alongside under-nutrition amongst low-income populations in 'middle income' developing countries. This article draws on research undertaken in the state ...
- Hunger Envoy Report: report to the Government of Ireland
- Irish Aid, 2010
- Hunger is now a cornerstone issue of Ireland's foreign policy and a priority of their overseas development programme, with 20 percent of Official Development Assistance (ODA) funding committed until 2012. The report provides an overvi...
- Gender dimensions of agricultural and rural employment: Differentiated pathways out of poverty. Status, trends and gaps
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2010
- Around the world rural women play crucial roles as farmers, labourers and small-scale entrepreneurs yet there is little debate about their importance to rural economic growth and poverty reduction. This substantial report captures the...
- Examining long-term impacts on food-production and food security for women farmers
- N. Tandon; I. Smyth (ed); C. Sweetman (ed) / Oxfam, 2010
- Trade liberalisation impacts on local land markets and land-use; the cost of land and agricultural assets affect food prices; and the combined effect is particularly damaging to women who produce food and who put food on the table for...
- Helping women respond to the global food crisis
- Quisumbing A 2008
- The 2007-2008 food price crisis received widespread attention but the gender dimensions of the crisis were largely overlooked. Yet ongoing research on gender and intra-household resource allocation continues to suggest not only that m...
- Using gender research in development: food security in practice
- International Food Policy Research Institute, 2006
- Gender equality is a basic human right, and closing the gender gap is key to achieving many development objectives. Yet many practitioners and advocates concerned with achieving gender equality are often constrained by the lack of inf...
- Gender equality and women's empowerment within agricultural development
- Development Assistance Committee, OECD, 1997
- These short practice notes provide guidance on how to address gender equality and women's empowerment within agricultural development co-operation. Rural women's work in agriculture is crucial to the provision of household food securi...
- Exploring how status affects the food security of women in Bangladesh
- M.A. Razzaque; M.M.K. Toufique / United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research, 2007
- This paper explores the relationship between women's status within the household (her power to bargain) and food security, considering individuals food intake, physical differences, activities performed, budget and asset control. It d...
- Tips for integrating gender into USAID agricultural sector solicitations
- US Agency for International Development, 2010
- Women play a major role in agricultural activities in many developing countries, producing 60-80 percent of food. Although this contribution is crucial to food security and economic growth women continue to have limited access t...
- The nutrition transition: a gender perspective with reference to Brazil
- Frances Hansford / Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, 2010
- 'Nutritional Transition' is a term used to describe the growing trend of obesity alongside under-nutrition amongst low-income populations in 'middle income' developing countries. This article draws on research undertaken in the state ...
- Hunger Envoy Report: report to the Government of Ireland
- Irish Aid, 2010
- Hunger is now a cornerstone issue of Ireland's foreign policy and a priority of their overseas development programme, with 20 percent of Official Development Assistance (ODA) funding committed until 2012. The report provides an overvi...
- Gender dimensions of agricultural and rural employment: Differentiated pathways out of poverty. Status, trends and gaps
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2010
- Around the world rural women play crucial roles as farmers, labourers and small-scale entrepreneurs yet there is little debate about their importance to rural economic growth and poverty reduction. This substantial report captures the...
- Challenging gender inequality in farmers' organisations in Nicaragua
- Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, 2010
- Food insecurity and malnutrition are chronic in Nicaragua yet rural women's food growing activities are often overlooked. Efforts made by the National Federation of Cooperatives (FENACOOP), a farmers' organisation in rural Nicar...
- Focus on women, World Food Programme (WFP)
- WFP's work on food security and women
