Agriculture is a main contributor to pro-poor growth in Africa, but gender inequalities in the sector hold back … Government of Kenya (GoK) integrated gender in a pronounced way in the design and implementation of the Kenya Agricultural … guidance as well as inputs for a policy dialogue that aimed to integrate gender in the agriculture sector. This paper uses the …

relative productivity. Fertility increased. This caused lower female participation in agriculture and subsistence activities …, and the women worked closer to home. Next, due to the common pool nature of irrigation water, historically irrigation has … involved more frequent warfare. This raised the social status of men and restricted women's movement. These two mechanisms have …

(reduction in gender bias in the market place, increase in women’s bargaining power, and reduction in family bias against girls …In this paper, we develop a three-period gender-based Overlapping Generations (OLG) model of economic growth for Côte d …-specific data to illustrate the role of public policies in the model, and its implications for long-term growth, gender equality …

evidence exists of how such shocks impact women in agriculture generally, let alone those using digital platforms. This paper …Women play a critical yet under-researched role in global digital agri-food value chains, especially in smallholder … product diversification). Research suggests that women's participation in agricultural platform-driven value chains …

social policy trajectories in Mainland Tanzania with a gender lens, to better understand the contributions of these … working-age women. The paper draws on a scoping review of diverse secondary materials, including academic publications … advancements in the legal frameworks and increasingly gender-responsive government policy plans, Tanzanian social policy delivery …

pt. 1. Problematizing ethical trade -- pt. 2. Learning from women smallholders. …

whether development aid given for gender equality objectives leads to progress in women’s legal rights in recipient countries … gendered aid on changes in women’s rights. Our findings show that gender-focused aid has a positive impact on the de …We study the role of development cooperation in improving women’s economic rights in non-OECD countries and assess …

This paper analyses the implication of contract farming on gender inequalities in rural Mozambique. Contract farming is …-05) collected by the Mozambican Ministry of Agriculture among a nationally representative sample of rural households to explore … contracts' implications for gender equality, both across and within households. We look both at the participation of female …

We analyze the gender price gap (GPG) in Central Kenyan vegetable markets. Exploiting differences in the combination of … the gender of the household head, the person controlling production, and the seller, we control for other gender related … commercialization of vegetable trade. This indicates that besides the absence of an average GPG, women are disadvantaged in larger scale …

One of the targets of the Millennium Development Goals−gender parity in all levels of education−is widely considered to … have been attained. However, measuring gender parity only through school enrollment is misleading, as girls may lag behind … other two decisions. This contradirectional gender bias is unique to Bangladesh and partly explained by the presence of …