Women

How can women’s land rights be secured? ILC-IFAD-FAO Side event at CSW56
Event
01/03/2012

 

The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is an intergovernmental body and functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) mandated to promote...

Opportunity
17/05/2012

Women-led organisations and groups working on sustainable development in developing countries are invited to nominate their initiativesn to be recognised at the UN Rio+20 summit this June 2012....

Call For Nominations: Women's World Summit Foundation: 2012 Women's Creativity In Rural Life
Opportunity
30/04/2012

Awarded since 1994 by WWSF Women's World Summit Foundation, the Prize ($ 1000 per laureate and $ 3000 for specific African women’s organisations), honors women and...

How to engage with the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
Publication

The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is an intergovernmental body and functional commission of
the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) mandated to promote gender...

Call For Applications: SEED Awards 2011
Opportunity
22/08/2011

Social and environmental entrepreneurs who can demonstrate innovation, leadership and sustainability have the chance to win expert assistance and support for their...

Policy Brief: Voices of women’s aspirations over land and land matters
Publication

In a two-year (2009-10) action research study URDT in collaboration with Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) found that – amongst other things, poor institutional governance is a major...

Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment Consultant
Opportunity
24/06/2011

In accordance with its multi-year programme of work (2010-2014), the 56th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in 2012 will consider 'The empowerment of rural women and their...

A synthesis report of action-research projects on women’s access to land from Southern Africa
Publication

The Securing Women’s Access to Land (SWAL) project had four objectives: (i) to fill critical information gaps; (ii) to produce credible research findings; (iii) to carry out action and action-...

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