Gender & Development gives me tremendous benefit in my job. It has changed the way I understand women's concerns

Mesfin Shiferaw, Federal Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission, Ethiopia

News, Topics, & Links

Events

In 2012, Gender & Development will be at the following events:

AWID Forum Transforming economic power… are you up to the challenge?, 19-22 April, Istanbul, Turkey

News

19 January 2012

It's not 'inclusive growth' if it doesn't include women

 January sees the launch of Oxfam's report, Left Behind by the G20? Read Gender Policy Adviser Catherine Green's blog on the need for economic growth to benefit everybody.

Latest issue: Citizenship

13 December 2011

The November 2011 issue of Gender & Development is now available.

The Beyond Gender Mainstreaming Learning Project

7 December 2011

Gender & Development is running a major Learning Project on Beyond Gender Mainstreaming, in partnership with the UK Gender and Development Network (GADN). It runs from November 2011 to November 2012, and involves a conceptual discussion about experience and successes of different approaches to integrating gender and women’s rights into development and humanitarian work. We aim to distil best practice and innovation, and answer some hard questions!


Read more about the learning project

New research report - Investing in Agriculture in Burundi: Improving food security and conditions for women farmers

7th November 2011

Burundi has alarming levels of food insecurity for a country dependent on agriculture. The work of women farmers is at the core of agriculture in Burundi, but they have few rights and very limited access to resources. Investment in the primary sector is essential, and in order to contribute to the country's development, agricultural spending must be directed to where it is needed most.

Read the report

New book in the Working in Gender and Development series - Gender, Faith, and Development

6 October 2011

Faith-based organizations have long been involved in charitable and development activities. However, the emerging openness to thinking about and engaging with religion in development raises some important questions. Does religious engagement in development policy and practice risk harming already fragile gender relations? What are the challenges and opportunities in negotiating the relationships between religion, gender, and development?

Look inside and download the book

Tracking the impact of the global economic crisis - 10 things women's groups can investigate by Diane Elson

This short piece, written by leading feminist economist Diane Elson, featured in the Views, Events, and Debates section of G&D 18(1). We're making it available here, as we believe it constitutes a valuable tool for activists and researchers seeking to uncover and track the impact of the crisis at a human, rather than macroeconomic, level. To read, click here (PDF). 
 

The International Handbook of Gender and Poverty: Concepts, Research, Policy edited by Sylvia Chant

This major new work from Edward Elgar Publishing includes a chapter by G&D Editor, Dr. Caroline Sweetman - 'A woman and an empty house are never alone for long': autonomy, control, marriage and microfinance in women's livelihoods in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. To read Caroline's chapter, click here (PDF).

To find out more about The International Handbook of Gender and Poverty, and to order a copy with a 10% online discount, click here.


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Links

Other organisations working on gender and development issues

Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID)
Bridge (at IDS)
Eldis Gender Resource Guide
FEMNET
Gender & Development Network (GADN), UK
Siyanda (database)
UK Development Studies Association Gender and Practice Study Group
UN Women
Women’s Human Rights net (WHRnet)
Women in Development Europe (WIDE)
WOMANKIND Worldwide

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Further Oxfam Gender Resources

Oxfam resources on gender are available to search and download free from the Oxfam Policy & Practice website.

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