Today is the International Day of Rural Women, an invitation to celebrate women and a reminder about the importance of rural feminism. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 58 million women live in the rural areas of Latin America. They play crucial roles ensuring food and nutrition security, eradicating rural poverty and improving the well-being of their families, yet they continue to face serious challenges as a result of gender-based stereotypes and discrimination that deny them equitable access to opportunities, resources, assets and services. It is … [Read more...]
Public Policy Analysis with a Gender Lens: the Case of a High-Profile Program in Nicaragua
Humidtropics recently developed a practical toolkit for public policy analysis with a gender lens (in Spanish) that can be easily implemented by organizations that normally do not have staff with specialized and formal training to carry out policy research. It is a collection of nine tools, which are used in a sequential manner to generate outputs essential for public policy analysis with a gender lens. The toolkit follows a sequential process that starts with setting the scene by discussing critical concepts and myths surrounding public policy relevance and impact. A timeline is then used … [Read more...]
Digital Libraries for Better Access to Information in Remote Territories
Although we are in the information age, information is not always available where and when we need it. This is especially true in remote territories of developing countries, where it remains a challenge to generate simple delivery mechanisms to provide local organizations and farm households with easy access to multiple sources of information on critical themes that concern them. To meet this challenge, Humidtropics embarked on the journey of building and distributing digital libraries on critical themes identified by the partner organizations in the Nicanorte Action Site. These digital … [Read more...]