*PRGA Newsletter issue No. 28 December 2007
Experimental Agriculture Special Issue on Impact Assessment of Participatory Research and Gender Analysis
Following on from the PRGA Program and CIMMYT co-hosted Impact Assessment Workshop in October 2005, the editor of Experimental Agriculture agreed to publish enhanced versions of a number of the presentations, along with an introductory overview paper. This special issue is scheduled for publication in January 2008.
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
One of the most common objections to participatory plant breeding (PPB) is that it breaks national laws in terms of release and seed distribution. The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture addresses this issue-countries which ratify the treaty are expected to harmonize their national legislation with the treaty.
The Treaty is now available in the PRGA Program's web-site Recommended Resources section.
Putting gender back in the picture: rethinking women's economic empowerment - overview and annotated bibliography
Emily Esplen with Alyson Brody, 2007, 49pp
Current momentum around women's economic empowerment offers huge scope for bringing about real changes in women's lives. But earning an income or having access to credit cannot be assumed to bring automatic benefits for women. We need to ask critical questions about how increased access to resources can be translated into changes in the strategic choices that women are able to make - at the level of the household and community, as well as at work. What of the terms on which women gain access to resources - are these empowering or exploitative? And what are the impacts of women's greater access to resources on gender relations and norms more broadly?
ADB Supports Indonesia's Policy Reforms
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a $200 million loan for the third part of Indonesia’s Development Policy Support Program (DPSP), a series of reforms that supports key priorities of the government’s medium-term growth and poverty reduction program
New Study Spotlights Sexual Violence
Preliminary findings of a new study by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Columbia University may have given relief workers the evidence they say they need to focus greater attention on the problem of sexual violence in Liberia.
On 16 Days of Activism - Center for Women's Global Leadership, Rutgers – The State University of New Jersey
"Everyone has the right, individually and in association with others, to promote and to strive for the protection and realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms at the national and international levels." Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ["The Declaration on human rights defenders"] (Article 1).
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