Established by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in 2001, the World Science Day for Peace and Development (WSDPD) is celebrated on November 10 each year. This is a day to highlight UNESCO's mandate and commitment to science. However, peace and development cannot be addressed unless we use tools that include the voices of all who are involved. Successful agricultural research for development (AR4D) should go beyond the generation of quantitative research findings, to ensure that these findings feed into context-relevant development interventions. … [Read more...]
International Day of Rural Women – Empowered Agents of Change for Rural Transformation in Nicaragua
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...]
New Strategy to Improve Gender Mainstreaming in Central America and the Caribbean
Humidtropics continues its successful implementation in the Territorial Learning Alliances of the Nicanorte Action Site, aiming to expand this initiative into the Haiti-Dominican Republic Action Site as part of its Central America and the Caribbean Flagship Project. Based on these learning experiences, together with the results of a validation and feedback workshop, and seeking to further enhance the Humidtropics' Strategic Objective on Gender Empowerment, a strategy has been developed for the consultation, analysis and implementation of a mainstreamed gender perspective throughout the various … [Read more...]