This #IWD2022, you might be wondering where to start with #WomensEmpowerment efforts. 🤔 Avijit Choudhury explains how PRADAN used #proWEAI to reorient programming from women’s #SHGs to farmer producer organizations in #India. 💬 More on #proWEAI! weai.ifpri.info/versions/pro-w…

This will be a very interesting session!

Happy to announce that our review paper on gender & food systems can be downloaded for free for the next 50 days Dr Jemimah Njuki Dr Hazel Malapit (she/her) Ruth Meinzen-Dick authors.elsevier.com/a/1fBWz_oImPQp…

Know clever young econ/ag Econ PhDs in Africa or S/SE Asia who might enjoy and benefit from research mentors at Cornell University, IFPRI or MSU AFRE? Point them to the new STAAARS+ RFP below! Info webinar on Sep 14.

Join the "Dissensus forum" discussion: Designed to fail: Many #irrigation schemes in sub-Saharan #Africa are neither fit nor fit for purpose, by Nancy McCarthy water-alternatives.org/index.php/blog… Irrigation Hub Africa, World Bank Africa, Z.Frank

Migrations, #irrigation and women's agency: read "Irrigation systems management in #Nepal: Women’s strategies in response to migration-induced challenges" by D. Suhardiman and colleagues water-alternatives.org/index.php/alld…

Very pleased to have this article come out in Water Alternatives.

submit your papers for this great conference

How can we sustainably accelerate groundwater use in Africa? Join us to discuss at the official #UNWater2023 virtual AMCOW side event @ Ruth_Meinzen_D Hagar ElDidi #NEXUSGainsInitiative ILSSI IFPRI African Union Register at: ifpri.org/event/groundwa…

I'm very honored to be on this panel

Very happy to have this article out! Summarizes some of what we learned about how games can influence behavior change managing water and forests.

#WorldWaterDay rightly highlights water crises. But not all is gloomy. Here's a story of Nepal's resilient farmer-managed irrigation systems ifpri.org/blog/nepal-irr…

Last year I had an amazing trip to see farmer-managed irrigation systems in Nepal. Here are the highlights

#EarthDay2023 🌍💚 Empowering local communities as stewards of the Earth's #freshwater resources through community-based conservation shows great promise in addressing the multiple stresses on #water resources worldwide. ow.ly/sKNs50NPm5R The Nature Conservancy CGIAR Ruth Meinzen-Dick

We’re proud to be part of a network of organisations that contributed to mapping well-water levels of 8,600 villages in 2022. Find the groundwater tool here: bit.ly/GWMTwebtool #NapoJalBachaoKal #GroundwaterMonitoring #MakeInvisibleVisible #WaterCommons #PromiseOfCommons

It has been great to work with this amazing team to develop a new metric on women's empowerment

"WATER BACK" Read the new paper by Kelsey Leonard and 16 Indigenous colleagues: "Water Back: A review centring rematriation and Indigenous Water research sovereignty", at water-alternatives.org/index.php/alld… Indigenous Waters Indigenous Environmental Network UNPFII #Indigenousrights

📅#SaveTheDate: July 11⏰9AM EDT 📌#IFPRIPolicySeminar: Research Findings on #Resilience & Social Cohesion in #BurkinaFaso and #Niger 🤝 World Food Programme WFP West Africa Institute for Peace and Development CGIAR #FCMInitiative 💬Katrina Kosec Ones Karuho Ruth Meinzen-Dick Sib Ollo 🎟️ bit.ly/BFaso-Niger

By fostering dialogue and creating spaces for women to share their experiences and ideas, World Food Programme’s resilience program in the Sahel region is empowering them to actively participate in decision-making processes. Learn more: ow.ly/SYrR50OUemF

Do you want to build your leadership skills? Enhance your influence in the AR4D? we are excited to announce the 2023 AWARD leadership series designed for middle to senior-level male and female managers who want to strengthen their leadership skills. 👉🏿bit.ly/3POuK7w