The latest in gender, agriculture and development...
21 October, 2022
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Quote of the Week:
"With a professional background in musical theatre and three small children, Courtney Johnston admits to having felt a little isolated on her dairy farm.
But the 28-year-old's creativity has blossomed after she and husband Wade transformed a calf paddock into a fledgling flower farm.
Ms Johnston has cultivated colourful rows of blooms, including native paper daisies, straw flowers, zinnias, cornflowers, sunflowers, statice, pink baby's breath and poppies, from seed bought from an Australian company that plants a tree for every purchase.
"I think it's pretty hard, especially as a young mum of young children, being so far away from family and friends, and friends with kids. I think it's been a little isolating for me," Ms Johnston says."
The ILRI seeks to recruit a Communications Associate II to support content development and knowledge asset management of the CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform. This position reports to the Engagement, Policy & Advocacy Expert and is based in Nairobi, Kenya.
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a consultant for the CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform to prepare Position Paper on integrating a youth perspective in agricultural and food system research for development.
WFAN is seeking nominations for the 2022 WFAN Recognition Award, which will be presented at the 2022 Annual Conference, held virtually November 29th through December 3rd, 2022, with intensive virtual workshops 12/2-12/3.
Join the Feed the Future Advancing Women’s Empowerment (AWE) program for the launch of a special learning series focused on increasing women’s empowerment in agriculture and market systems through co-creation and private sector engagement.
This learning series, newly expanded for a global audience, will help USAID missions and practitioners intentionally integrate inclusion across the project life cycle of agricultural growth and market systems development programs.
Deadline: May 31, 2022 5:00 PM EST for the Pollinator Subcommittee and July 29, 2022 5:00 PM EST for the NAREEE Advisory Board, SCC, CDS and NGRAC
...and finally, some food for thought
"WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that the COVID pandemic’s “long-term impact on the health and well-being of women, children and adolescents is becoming evident - their chances for healthy and productive lives have declined sharply”.
“As the world emerges from the pandemic, protecting and promoting the health of women, children and young people is essential for supporting and sustaining the global recovery.”
UNICEF chief Catherine Russell said the pandemic has raised the stakes for all vulnerable communities, and reversed hard-won progress for women, children, and adolescents, “but we are not powerless to change this…By investing in resilient, inclusive primary health care systems, jumpstarting routine immunization programmes, and strengthening the health workforce, we can make sure that every woman and every child can access the care they need to survive and thrive.”"
Advancing Women in Agriculture through Research and Education (AWARE) is an initiative by the Department of Global Development in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University to engage a community focused on empowering women in agriculture. AWARE believes that empowering women as an underserved group holds the greatest potential to make significant impacts in agricultural development.
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