*PRGA Newsletter issue No. 32 April 2008
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Coordinator of the CGIAR Systemwide Program on Participatory Research and Gender Analysis
Deadline for applications: May 31, 2008
The PRGA Program is now seeking applications for a Senior Research Fellow/Senior Scientist position to lead and coordinate the Program. The PRGA Program's hosting center, CIAT, offers internationally competitive salary packages, is an equal opportunity employer, and believes that the diversity of its staff contributes to excellence. CIAT is interested in increasing this diversity of its staff and particularly encourages applications from both women and developing country professionals.
PRGA Program Annual Report 2007 and Annual Report Summary 2007
From September 2006 to February 2007, the PRGA Program underwent its first External Review, which looked at the period from the Program's inception in April 1997 to early 2007. The final report of the External Review Panel was submitted to the CGIAR Science Council in March 2007, the Panel's recommendations, and discussions at the PRGA Program's Advisory Board meetings in October 2006 and February-March 2007, support the Program's proposal to refocus its efforts.
Mt Barker Farmer Awarded Honorary Doctorate in Agriculture
Mt Barker farmer Terry Enright became the first farmer to be awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Agriculture from The University of Western Australia (UWA).
The new face of hunger
Global food shortages have taken everyone by surprise. What is to be done?
SAMAKE BAKARY sells rice from wooden basins at Abobote market in the northern suburbs of Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire. He points to a bowl of broken Thai rice which, at 400 CFA francs (roughly $1) per kilogram, is the most popular variety. On a good day he used to sell 150 kilos. Now he is lucky to sell half that. “People ask the price and go away without buying anything,” he complains. In early April they went away and rioted: two days of violence persuaded the government to postpone planned elections.
Unctad Hears Gender Inequality Becoming Worse - And Better
The only way that the poor, particularly women, will benefit from all the efforts that the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has put into improving global trade is to ensure that power inequalities are redressed.
Agricultural Extension Work Both Important and Under-valued
At a time of international concern about the future of the world's food supply, it's a comment that gives pause for thought: "I teach university students agriculture and extension but many of them opt for other professions, especially in ICTs, because agriculture is 'for those who haven't gone to school'."
Empowering Young Women to Lead Change (in English, French and Spanish)
This manual is designed to enable young women to prepare and facilitate training on a host of issues that are important to them. A joint publication of the World YWCA and UNFPA, the manual was developed by young women from different regions and contains modules on young women's leadership, economic justice, HIV and AIDS, human rights, peace, self esteem and body image, sexual and reproductive health and violence against women. It contains many tips for facilitators for working with young women and includes warm-up, introductory and ice-breakers activities.
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