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Date Added
to Site: Tuesday, 5th August 2008 |
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Title |
Gender and Food Security: Inequalities in
Relation to Hunger (in French) |
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Author |
Direnberger,
L |
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Document Type |
Case
Study |
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Publication Date |
July
2008 |
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Summary |
Why
have women been so involved in food riots across Africa, what are the
underlying causes behind their motivation to protest on the streets, and how
should policy-makers respond to what they are saying? |
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Date Added
to Site: Wednesday, 30th July 2008 |
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Title |
Women and the Right to Food: International Law
and State Practice |
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Author |
Rae,
I |
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Document Type |
Report |
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Publication Date |
March
2008 |
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Summary |
This
paper analyses from a gender perspective the relevant international
instruments on the right to food, and the rights of women, before examining
implementation and monitoring at the state level. |
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Date Added
to Site: Wednesday, 30th April 2008 |
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Author |
Rossi,
A. and Lambrou, Y. |
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Document Type |
Research |
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Publication Date |
January
2008 |
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Summary |
What
are the potential gender-differentiated risks associated with the large-scale
production of liquid biofuels in developing countries? What further research
is required to develop a better understanding of these risks, and what
policies need to be put in place? |
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Date Added
to Site: Wednesday, 30th July 2008 |
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Title |
Website: Gender and Food Security (in Arabic,
English, French, and Spanish) |
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Document Type |
Tool |
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Publication Date |
January
2008 |
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Summary |
This
website provides gender information on nine key aspects of food security -
agriculture, the environment, forestry, fisheries, rural economies,
population, nutrition, education and the gender division of labour. |
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Date Added
to Site: Wednesday, 30th July 2008 |
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Author |
Hansen-Kuhn,
K |
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Document Type |
Report |
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Publication Date |
January
2008 |
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Summary |
Women
are often at the centre of food crises and are disproportionately affected by
hunger, yet their important role in providing solutions is often overlooked.
This paper calls for comprehensive programmes designed to support women's
crucial contributions to agricultural production. |
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Date Added
to Site: Thursday, 31st July 2008 |
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Author |
Dimitra |
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Document Type |
Tool |
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Publication Date |
January
2008 |
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Summary |
Dimitra
is a web tool for women and their organisations to make their voices heard at
the national and international level. Its goal is to empower rural women and
to improve their living conditions and status by highlighting the extent and
value of their contributions through this online database. |
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Date Added
to Site: Friday, 1st August 2008 |
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Title |
Website: Gender, Biodiversity and Knowledge
Systems (in English and Portuguese) |
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Author |
Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) |
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Document Type |
Tool |
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Publication Date |
January
2008 |
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Summary |
This
website presents the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
LinKS Project, which explored the linkages between the crucial issues of
local knowledge systems, gender roles and relationships, food provision, and
the conservation and management of agrobiodiversity |
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8. |
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Date Added
to Site: Wednesday, 5th December 2007 |
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Title |
Polishing the stone: A Journey Through the
Promotion of Gender Equality in Development Projects |
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Author |
Vargas-Lundius,
R. and Ypeij, A. |
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Document Type |
Research |
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Publication Date |
July
2007 |
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Summary |
This
online book analyses the growing importance of the concept of gender in
development projects in Latin America and the Caribbean - focusing on the
experiences of IFAD and how it has promoted the mainstreaming of gender
equality within the context of the rural projects it has supported in the
region. |
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9. |
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Date Added
to Site: Friday, 30th May 2008 |
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Title |
Biopolitics, Climate Change and Water
Security: Impact Vulnerability and Adaptation Issues for Women |
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Author |
Tandon,
N. |
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Document Type |
Report |
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Publication Date |
January
2007 |
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Summary |
This
article, which examines how climate change will impact on water security,
argues that it is critical for women to have the necessary information, tools
and resources to plan and take decisions around water security. |
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10. |
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Date Added
to Site: Wednesday, 30th July 2008 |
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Title |
Gender and Food Security: the Role of
Information - Strategy for Action |
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Author |
Food
and Agriculture Organisation |
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Document Type |
Policy
Document |
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Publication Date |
January
2007 |
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Summary |
This
Strategy for Action considers the role that information plays in food
security programmes, with an emphasis on the role of women in generating and
accessing information |
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Date Added
to Site: Wednesday, 30th July 2008 |
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Author |
ACORD
International |
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Document Type |
Research |
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Publication Date |
January
2007 |
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Summary |
Women
in Sub-Saharan Africa have been most affected by international free trade
agreements that reduce tariffs for importing countries, but not usually found
in decision and policy making platforms that guide the food sovereignty
agenda of their countries. |
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12. |
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Date Added
to Site: Wednesday, 30th July 2008 |
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Author |
Spieldoch
, A. |
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Document Type |
Report |
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Publication Date |
January
2007 |
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Summary |
This
paper explores the linkages between women's role in agriculture and food
security, and the more global context of international trade and investment.
It also provides gender analyses of rice, corn, cashews, cut flowers and
poultry production. |
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13. |
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Date Added
to Site: Friday, 1st August 2008 |
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Author |
Coon,K.,
et al |
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Document Type |
Case
Study |
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Publication Date |
January
2007 |
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Summary |
Realising
food security for all is a complex task that requires attention to
agricultural, nutritional, gender, and technological issues, as illustrated
by this case study describing the experience of a partnership project in
Uganda. |
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14. |
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Date Added
to Site: Wednesday, 30th July 2008 |
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Author |
Ramachandran,
N |
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Document Type |
Report |
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Publication Date |
December
2006 |
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Summary |
This
report explores why despite improvements in food security in South Asia over
the last few decades, nutritional outcomes, especially those related to women
and children, have failed to keep pace. |
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15. |
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Date Added
to Site: Tuesday, 29th August 2006 |
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Title |
Food Security in Practice: Using Gender
Research in Development |
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Author |
Quisumbing,
A.R. and McClafferty, B. |
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Document Type |
Report |
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Publication Date |
June
2006 |
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Summary |
The
aim of this practitioners' guide from the International Food Policy Research
Institute (IFPRI) is to provide up-to-date, relevant information on why it is
important to use gender and intrahousehold research to inform projects and
policies. |
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16. |
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Date Added
to Site: Monday, 26th June 2006 |
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Title |
Gender and Desertification: Expanding Roles
for Women to Restore Drylands |
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Author |
Gurung,
J. D., Mwanundu, S., Lubbock, A., Hartl, M. and Firmian, I. |
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Document Type |
Report |
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Publication Date |
May
2006 |
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Summary |
In
many of the world's drylands, women's traditional knowledge of and roles in
natural resource management and food security are crucial. |
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17. |
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Date Added
to Site: Wednesday, 30th July 2008 |
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Author |
CIDSE
(Coopération Internationale pour le Développement et la Solidarité) and
CARITAS |
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Document Type |
Research |
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Publication Date |
January
2006 |
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Summary |
How
do trade policies affect women and men differently, given that rural women
are the primary producers and providers of food for their families? |
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18. |
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Date Added
to Site: Wednesday, 30th July 2008 |
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Author |
Hill,
C |
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Document Type |
Report |
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Publication Date |
December
2005 |
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Summary |
This
toolkit, prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA),
provides guidelines for integrating HIV and gender equality into the design
and implementation of agricultural and food security programmes. |
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19. |
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Date Added
to Site: Wednesday, 30th July 2008 |
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Author |
International
Food Policy Research Institute |
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Document Type |
Tool |
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Publication Date |
December
2005 |
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Summary |
This
short brief draws out the key findings from IFPRI research on gender and
security, concluding that reducing gender disparities and advancing women's
empowerment promotes better food and nutrition security for all. |
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20. |
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Date Added
to Site: Friday, 30th May 2008 |
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Author |
Banda,
K. |
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Document Type |
Case
Study |
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Publication Date |
January
2005 |
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Summary |
An
analysis of the gender impacts of climate change can help us understand how
different groups in society, even at the most micro-level, are differentially
at risk from threats to their livelihoods. A gender analysis can also inform
possible solutions for better protecting men and women against these
potential impacts. |
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