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12 Oct 2016
GenderInSITE is sad to share the news that Prof. Geoffrey Oldham, one of the founding members of the initiative 
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12 Oct 2016
The study titled, 'Cost of the Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity' was conducted in three African countries; Uganda, Malawi and Tanzania. Results ...
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11 Oct 2016
The UAE has many achievements to its credit in the area of women's empowerment and development, which has strengthened the UAE's ranking in ...
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11 Oct 2016
It is globally acknowledged that women are disproportionately vulnerable under climate change/variability. Gender differences are continuously ...
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11 Oct 2016
In fact, it strongly advocates integration of a gender perspective in all ... of gender and climate change, and consequently set-up the Global Gender ...
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10 Oct 2016
Light up and power Africa for women and men This online discussion is organized by the Gender in Practice Community of Practice in partnership with ENERGIA, Power Africa and various private sector organizations. We invite you to engage in this discussion and share your views and ideas on this topic by registering directly on the...
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07 Oct 2016
At the  I Latin American and the Caribbean Open Science Forum (CILAC 2016) in September, in Montevideo, Uruguay, GenderInSITE was pleased to take part in three sessions on issues ranging from the role of international organizations in promoting women in science to the application of a gender...
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27 Sep 2016
Via ASSAf - the Academy of Science of South Africa Africa's Sex and Gender Equality in the Spotlight The status of transformation towards sex and gender equality in Africa will be debated at a round-table discussion on 6 October 2016 as part of the Annual Young Scientists' Conference of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST). Gender...
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07 Sep 2016
On Thursday, 11 February 2016, the United Nations and partner organizations will observe the first International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This event, which was brought into effect by the signing of a resolution in December 2015, is a collective effort by several UN agencies including UNESCO, UN-Women,...