IISD Investigates How Sustainability Standards, Investment Frameworks Improve Situation of Women in Agriculture
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) released a policy brief exploring how global standards and guidelines contribute to gender equality and women’s empowerment in agriculture. The brief, ‘How to Improve Gender Equality in Agriculture,’ explains how using voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) and responsible investment frameworks (RIFs) enable monitoring on investment projects addressing gender inequalities. In May 2017, the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) released a policy brief exploring how global standards and guidelines contribute to gender equality and women’s empowerment in agriculture. The brief, titled ‘How to Improve Gender Equality in Agriculture,’ explains how using voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) and responsible investment frameworks (RIFs) enable monitoring on investment projects addressing gender inequalities. It investigates if more can be done through these instruments to improve the situation of women in agriculture. The brief ascribes gender inequalities in agriculture to several factors, including women are less likely to hold statutory…
The Determination to Live Again: An Inspiring Story of Samantha Bennett
Medical practitioners have often said that the healing process begins from the will to be healed. Over the years, it has been observed that…
Saloni Malhotra: Making Life Count For Rural Youths
Saloni Malhotra is one of India’s valuable women who has taken steps to build India, especially the rural parts in their own little way.…
Kenya: Agency Trains Police to Better Handle Gender-Based Violence Cases
By: Vivian Jebet Police officers in Isiolo County have been trained to be responsive to gender-based violence cases as the country heads for elections.…
Hong Kong’s First Female Chief Executive Charge to Fight Gender Barriers in the Workplace
Hong Kong’s first female chief executive-to-be has broken the city’s highest glass ceiling, illustrating how far Hong Kong women have come, but also how far…
UK ‘backstabbed’ Women’s Rights Activists in Saudi Arabia
By: Samuel Osborne The UK stabbed activists campaigning for women’s rights in Saudi Arabia in the back by allegedly voting for the country to…
US Top Court Invalidates Gender Inequality in Citizenship Law
The US Supreme Court on Monday struck down a gender distinction in US immigration law that treats mothers and fathers differently when determining a…
PERU’S MINISTER FOR WOMEN DENOUNCES RISING RATE OF GENDER VIOLENCE
Peru’s minister for women has denounced the impunity that surrounds crimes of gender violence, which she says has placed the country among the world’s…
Beware of the Eating Disorder- Bulimia Nervosa
Bulimia nervosa is a severe eating disorder in which a person consumes a large quantity of food within a short period of time, after…
Kalpana Morpania: An Epitome of Dignity of Labour
Kalpana Morpania was born on the 30th of May 1949 in India. She had lost her father at the early stage of her life…
Sokoto’s Mariya Tambuwal Emerge Nigeria’s Most-Impactful Governor’s Wife
Portsmouth, United Kingdom 9 June 2017 Wife of the Governor of Sokoto State of Nigeria, Hajiya Mariya Tambuwal has emerged winner of the keenly…
Saudi Arabia Jails Human Rights Activist Who Defied Women’s Driving Ban
Saudi Arabia has re-arrested women’s rights campaigner Loujain al-Hathloul, who is best known for her defiance of the kingdom’s driving ban. Ms Al-Hathloul was…
