1. Josephine Kizza an example of leadership

PRGA Program wants to recognize Josephine Kizza, a woman farmer from Africa, who has demonstrated remarkable leadership to carry out her work in Uganda. Ms. Kizza is a real example for other women farmers not only in Africa but around the world. Read about her struggle to survive and her outstanding work at St. Jude Family Farm.

Josephine Kizza and St Jude Family Project:

In order to generate income for the family in 1987, the couple (John and Josephine Kizza) started farming with two pigs, a dairy cow, vegetable growing and local poultry. Starting from a small family business, in 1997, they formed a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) with other women farmers.

The center has been training farmers in intensive sustainable organic farming for 15 years.

About St Jude Family Project:
http://www.innovations.harvard.edu/awards.html?id=6209

More information:
http://www.apcwomen.org/node/213

2. PRGA Program at ExCo Town Hall Meeting

From June 4-5 the CGIAR Executive Council (ExCo) Meeting convened main CGIAR actors and donors at CIAT HQ. During the event, PRGA team was active meeting donors, coordinating events and attending the Town Hall meeting where Drs. Kathy Sierra, Ren Wang, Steve Hall and Mark Holderness addressed CIAT audience. PRGA Program Coordinator made a question to the Executive Council Panel regarding the future of gender issues in the wider CGIAR. This was the answer that Dr. Kathy Sierra and the panel (see link) gave to her.

View PRGA Coordinator Intervention:
http://www.prgaprogram.org/Newsletter/Newsletter%202009/June/images
/PBiermayr%20intervention.pdf
View whole Town Hall Meeting Interventions:
http://snapst.ciat.cgiar.org/excomeetingeng.htm
Photos:
http://www.prgaprogram.org/Newsletter/Newsletter%202009/June/images/
prga%20photos.jpg

3. Gender and Climate Change: Mapping the Linkages - A Scoping Study on Knowledge and Gaps

The issue of climate change is not new, but its take-up as a key development concern is a fairly recent departure. Even more recent is the integration of a gender-sensitive perspective in climate change research and responses. This report, prepared for the UK Department for International Development (DFID), seeks to make the most of the available resources, drawing out useful insights to inform and strengthen future research on and interventions into gender and climate change.

4. World Bank Group Establishes Agriculture Finance Support Facility

$20 Million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Will Help Improve Financial Access for Smallholder Farmers and Rural Entrepreneurs

In recognition of the financial crisis hitting the poorest the hardest, the World Bank Group announced today a new venture to support the expansion of rural finance in the developing world.

5. Project Gender Action Plans Lessons for Achieving Gender Equality and Poverty Reduction Results

This briefing note summarizes evidence on effective approaches used by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for achieving benefits for women and progress towards gender equality. The findings are based on gender assessments of 12 loans in Bangladesh, Cambodia,
Nepal, and Pakistan and including five rural development loans (agriculture, rural infrastructure, and livestock), four human development and/or social sector loans (two health and two education), and three governance loans.

6. Population Requested to Uphold Gender Equality

The much talk about gender equality is fast becoming an everyday discussion topic in most human gathering in Cameroon. This can be attributed to high level of awareness on the part of the population. To maintain this and get more response, Light African - Cameroon an NGO got involved in a project entitled "The North West Gender Equality Project".

Read more:
http://allafrica.com/stories/200906230250.html