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.
- 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...
- Overcoming hunger in South Asia by empowering women
- N. Ramachandran / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2006
- Despite the progress in food production and availability, nutrition levels of women and children in South Asia remain exceptionally low. This paper explores various aspects of the relationship between women and food security in the re...
- Examining gender mainstreaming approaches in the World Food Programme
- Women's Refugee Commission, 2006
- The paper focuses on the existence and implementation of policies and tools used for mainstreaming gender in WFP, including targeting programmes and guidelines. It reviews how mainstreaming is monitored, evaluated and assessed and the...
- How household gender relations affect the success of development projects
- A. Quisumbing; B. McClafferty / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2006
- This book addresses gender and intrahousehold issues that influence gender equality as well as the success of development interventions. The book is a non-technical presentation of research findings from IFPRI’s research programm...
- A cradle-to-grave approach to women’s nutrition: training aid for trainers
- N. Ntombela; M. Stone-Jimenez; J. Ross; L. Martin / LINKAGES Project, 2005
- Produced by the Linkages Project, this training module is intended to provide instructors with the basic theory to train health workers on women’s nutrition, with a focus on the complete life cycle. Intended primarily for use in ...
- Gender equality is key to food security
- International Food Policy Research Institute, 2005
- This brief discusses its research findings emphasising that empowering women is the key to ensuring food and nutrition security in the developing world. A number of examples from case studies are used from Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Me...
- Focus on women’s health and nutrition: how and why should we invest?
- A. Tinker; P. Daly; C. Green; H. Saxenian; R. Lakshminarayanan; K. Gill / World Bank, 1994
- This paper, produced by the World Bank, provides an overview of women’s health and nutrition by considering the entire life cycle of the woman, taking into account both the specific and the cumulative effects of poor health and n...
- Gender inequalities and raising women’s status key to improving child nutrition
- L.C. Smith; U. Ramakrishnan; A. Ndiaye; L. Haddad; R. Martorell / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003
- This report, produced by the International Food Policy Research Institute, explores the relationship between women’s status and children’s nutrition through examination of data in South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin Am...
- Overcoming hunger in South Asia by empowering women
- N. Ramachandran / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2006
- Despite the progress in food production and availability, nutrition levels of women and children in South Asia remain exceptionally low. This paper explores various aspects of the relationship between women and food security in the re...
- Examining gender mainstreaming approaches in the World Food Programme
- Women's Refugee Commission, 2006
- The paper focuses on the existence and implementation of policies and tools used for mainstreaming gender in WFP, including targeting programmes and guidelines. It reviews how mainstreaming is monitored, evaluated and assessed and the...
- How household gender relations affect the success of development projects
- A. Quisumbing; B. McClafferty / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2006
- This book addresses gender and intrahousehold issues that influence gender equality as well as the success of development interventions. The book is a non-technical presentation of research findings from IFPRI’s research programm...
- A cradle-to-grave approach to women’s nutrition: training aid for trainers
- N. Ntombela; M. Stone-Jimenez; J. Ross; L. Martin / LINKAGES Project, 2005
- Produced by the Linkages Project, this training module is intended to provide instructors with the basic theory to train health workers on women’s nutrition, with a focus on the complete life cycle. Intended primarily for use in ...
- Gender equality is key to food security
- International Food Policy Research Institute, 2005
- This brief discusses its research findings emphasising that empowering women is the key to ensuring food and nutrition security in the developing world. A number of examples from case studies are used from Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Me...
- Focus on women’s health and nutrition: how and why should we invest?
- A. Tinker; P. Daly; C. Green; H. Saxenian; R. Lakshminarayanan; K. Gill / World Bank, 1994
- This paper, produced by the World Bank, provides an overview of women’s health and nutrition by considering the entire life cycle of the woman, taking into account both the specific and the cumulative effects of poor health and n...
- Gender inequalities and raising women’s status key to improving child nutrition
- L.C. Smith; U. Ramakrishnan; A. Ndiaye; L. Haddad; R. Martorell / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003
- This report, produced by the International Food Policy Research Institute, explores the relationship between women’s status and children’s nutrition through examination of data in South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin Am...
- Focus on women, World Food Programme (WFP)
- WFP's work on food security and women
