In celebration of International Women’s Day 2019 IFPRI spotlights its work, which contributes to a better gender balance by providing gender-sensitive, research-based policy solutions to reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.
We realize that even raising the issue of women’s empowerment in agriculture is a sign of progress. Senior Research Fellow Ruth Meinzen-Dick elaborates on this idea in a recent blog, “A decade ago, women’s empowerment in agriculture wasn’t on the agenda.”
As a research institution, we recognize the importance of good data in forging a more gender-balanced world. Senior Research Fellow Agnes Quisumbing discusses this idea in her latest blog post, “Data can be sexist. Here’s how IFPRI is fixing that problem.” This is also why IFPRI continues to innovate new tools to measure women’s empowerment and capture missing data about women and girls in all aspects of their lives. Such tools aid our efforts for achieving a better balance and can be accessed on the WEAI Resource Center.
IFPRI’s International Women’s Day 2019 spotlight page includes resources from IFPRI that help move us to better balance and a better world.
More detailed information on IFPRI's ongoing gender research, tools, and projects can be found on our Gender page.
