*PRGA Newsletter issue No. 38 October 2008
New on the RIW workshop website
Rethinking Impact: Workshop Newsletter, Issue No.5
Gender in Agriculture-Sourcebook
Seventy-five percent of the world’s poor live in rural areas, andmost are involved in farming. In the 21st century, agriculture remains fundamental to economic growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental sustainability. The World Bank’s Agriculture and Rural Development publication series presents recent analyses of issues that affect agriculture’s role as a source of economic development, rural livelihoods, and environmental services.
GENDER AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - Livelihoods, Mobility and Interventions
Exploring the gender dimensions of natural resource exploitation and management, with a focus on Asia, this book serves as a core resource for students of gender studies and natural resource management.
The World Bank Launches Private-Public Initiative to Empower Adolescent Girls
The World Bank joined governments and the private sector today to launch the Adolescent Girls Initiative (AGI) to promote the economic empowerment of adolescent girls in poor and post-conflict countries.
LG Empowers 2000 Women, Youths in Jigawa
Gwaram Local Government Area of Jigawa State has provided employment opportunities for about 2,000 women and youths in the area, as part of its efforts to curtail unemployment among the citizens, the council chairman, Alhaji Bala Sule Kila has said.
Women2000 and Beyond: Making Risky Environments Safer: Women Building Sustainable and Disaster-Resilient Environments
This issue of Women2000 and Beyond addresses gender issues in disaster reduction and sustainable development. It provides a gender analysis of the increasing risks and the impacts of disasters, and discusses the notions of risk and physical and social vulnerability from a gender perspective.
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