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.
- Why is it so difficult to ensure effective nutrition on a transnational basis?
- S. S. Morris; B. Cogill; R. Uauy / The Lancet, 2008
- Many transnational organisations work to support efforts to eliminate maternal and child undernutrition in high-burden countries. Financial, intellectual, and personal linkages bind these organisations loosely together as components o...
- Women and food security
- R. Mehra; M. H. Rojas / International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2009
- The steep increase in global food prices has added nearly 100 million people to the numbers who are chronically hungry, pushing the world total to nearly 1 billion people. Amid a global financial crisis and further market instability,...
- Women and gender: the impact of change in Ethiopian government's policy on rights based NGOs
- B. Maal; S. Skalnes / Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2009
- This paper includes a gender review of the Norwegian embassy’s portfolio in Ethiopia on natural resource management and food security. The paper aims at identifying ways and means of addressing and integrating women’s and ...
- Gender in Agriculture from a sustainable livelihoods approach
- L. Brown; Y. Lambrou; R. Birner / International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2008
- This extensive resource provides guidance for the development of rural agricultural strategies that effectively promote gender equality and women's empowerment and reduce poverty. The Sourcebook is the outcome of a collabo...
- Participatory risk assessment: a new approach for safer food in vulnerable African communities
- Delia Grace; Tom Randolph; Janice Olawoye; Erastus Kang'ethe / Development in Practice, 2008
- Women play the major role in food supply in developing countries, but too often their ability to feed their families properly is compromised; the result is high levels of food-borne disease and consequent limited access to higher-valu...
- Governments and donors must do more to improve nutrition of women and children
- L. Haddad / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
- Current high world food prices serve as a reminder of the vulnerability of large parts of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia to hunger and undernutrition. Good nutrition status for children and adolescent girls is fundamental for attai...
- Tackling child malnourishment in India: an analysis of inter-regional disparities
- K. R. G. Nair / Right to Food Campaign, New Delhi, 2007
- In spite of recent economic growth, India maintains one of the highest proportions of undernourished children in the world, partly owing to the highly uneven nature of its development. This paper provides a detailed analysis of inter-...
- The right to food from a gender perspective: a consideration of international law and state practice
- I. Rae / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2008
- This paper provides a cross-cutting analysis of the right to food from a gender perspective, examining relevant international instruments as well as state practice. The discussion is placed in the context of the Millenn...
- How can women be more actively engaged in solving food crises?
- K. Hansen-Kuhn / Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2007
- Over the last few decades, food crises have become a distressingly common phenomena. Women are often at the centre of these emergencies, though the disproportionate impact of hunger on women is too often hidden within statistics, simi...
- Findings from a baseline study on Enhanced Commitments to Women
- United Nations [UN] World Food Programme, 2007
- This paper gives the results of a baseline study on the Enhanced Commitments to Women (ECW) programme. It was undertaken in 48 countries to assess how the World Food Programme’s (WFP) 2003-2007 Gender Policy was implemented. ...
- Women and food security
- R. Mehra; M. H. Rojas / International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2009
- The steep increase in global food prices has added nearly 100 million people to the numbers who are chronically hungry, pushing the world total to nearly 1 billion people. Amid a global financial crisis and further market instability,...
- Women and gender: the impact of change in Ethiopian government's policy on rights based NGOs
- B. Maal; S. Skalnes / Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2009
- This paper includes a gender review of the Norwegian embassy’s portfolio in Ethiopia on natural resource management and food security. The paper aims at identifying ways and means of addressing and integrating women’s and ...
- Gender in Agriculture from a sustainable livelihoods approach
- L. Brown; Y. Lambrou; R. Birner / International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2008
- This extensive resource provides guidance for the development of rural agricultural strategies that effectively promote gender equality and women's empowerment and reduce poverty. The Sourcebook is the outcome of a collabo...
- Participatory risk assessment: a new approach for safer food in vulnerable African communities
- Delia Grace; Tom Randolph; Janice Olawoye; Erastus Kang'ethe / Development in Practice, 2008
- Women play the major role in food supply in developing countries, but too often their ability to feed their families properly is compromised; the result is high levels of food-borne disease and consequent limited access to higher-valu...
- Governments and donors must do more to improve nutrition of women and children
- L. Haddad / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
- Current high world food prices serve as a reminder of the vulnerability of large parts of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia to hunger and undernutrition. Good nutrition status for children and adolescent girls is fundamental for attai...
- Tackling child malnourishment in India: an analysis of inter-regional disparities
- K. R. G. Nair / Right to Food Campaign, New Delhi, 2007
- In spite of recent economic growth, India maintains one of the highest proportions of undernourished children in the world, partly owing to the highly uneven nature of its development. This paper provides a detailed analysis of inter-...
- The right to food from a gender perspective: a consideration of international law and state practice
- I. Rae / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2008
- This paper provides a cross-cutting analysis of the right to food from a gender perspective, examining relevant international instruments as well as state practice. The discussion is placed in the context of the Millenn...
- How can women be more actively engaged in solving food crises?
- K. Hansen-Kuhn / Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2007
- Over the last few decades, food crises have become a distressingly common phenomena. Women are often at the centre of these emergencies, though the disproportionate impact of hunger on women is too often hidden within statistics, simi...
- Findings from a baseline study on Enhanced Commitments to Women
- United Nations [UN] World Food Programme, 2007
- This paper gives the results of a baseline study on the Enhanced Commitments to Women (ECW) programme. It was undertaken in 48 countries to assess how the World Food Programme’s (WFP) 2003-2007 Gender Policy was implemented. ...
- Bringing women into policy discussions on food and agriculture
- A. Spieldoch / Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2007
- This paper examines how women have been affected by changes in the food system within the global context of international trade and investment. The author outlines the need for further research to deepen the understanding of why women...
- Focus on women, World Food Programme (WFP)
- WFP's work on food security and women
