Browsing Women and Gender in International Development Discussion Series (CIRED) by Title
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Caribbean Women and Reparatory Justice: Reclaiming, Rebuilding and Restoring Communities Through Migration
(Virginia Tech. University Libraries, 2019-10-08)The women and gender in international development discussion series is organized by the center for international research, education, and development (CIRED) and is an inclusive VT initiative of outreach and international ... -
Climate Change and Agrobiodiversity in Nepal: A Gendered Perspective
(Virginia Tech. University Libraries, 2018-04-04)The WGD program at CIRED has conducted a monthly discussion series for over a decade. Students, faculty, staff and members of the community are encouraged to attend the discussions and bring their ideas and questions. The ... -
Climate Justice, Gender, and Challenges in a Fractured World
(Virginia Tech, 2022-03-24)Climate change has had unequal and uneven burdens across places whereby the planetary crisis involves a common but differentiated responsibility. The injustices of intensifying climate breakdown, overlapping with injustices ... -
Economic Development Through Art : Women, Gender & Environment
(Virginia Tech. University Libraries, 2016-11-10)Small-scale artisans are an important source of economic growth and sustainable livelihood development of great social and cultural significance around the world. Amanda Zehner, founder and owner of Living Threads Company, ... -
Engaging Men in Supporting Maternal and Child Consumption of Milk and Other Animal Source Foods in Rwanda
(Virginia Tech, 2021-10-21)Maternal and child nutrition practices, including consumption of milk and animal source foods, are considered the responsibility of women in many low- and middle-income countries. However, men can influence nutrition in ... -
Experiences in Merging Gender Transformative Approaches With Development Efforts in Aquatic Food Systems in Bangladesh
(Virginia Tech, 2022-04-14)Afrina shares her experiences from working in Bangladesh for the past nine years and how her organization has come to embrace gender transformative approaches as a sustainable gender integration approach. She talks about ... -
Four Stories About Food Sovereignty: The Potential and Limits of Community Action and Transnational Solidarity under Conditions of Global Capitalism
(Virginia Tech. University Libraries, 2019-10-17)The Women and gender in International Development Discussion Series is organized by the Center for International Research, Education, and Development (CIRED) and is an Inclusive VT initiative of Outreach and International ... -
Gender and Decision Making: Quinoa Production among Indigenous Women in Rural Ecuador
(Virginia Tech, 2021-09-16)Women’s empowerment can be analyzed in agriculture through their ability to make choices that align with their life goals. Household farm decision-making is often examined as an individual or a jointly made choice, both ... -
Gender, Labor, and Livelihood: Invasive Pest Management in a Rural Ethiopian Community
(Virginia Tech Libraries, 2017-09-07)This presentation discusses recent research exploring the intersection between labor, gender, livelihoods, and pest management. We document how gender relations, norms, and attitudes determine how women and men are involved ... -
Gendered performances, masculinities, and (dis)empowerment through the intersection of food insecurity, migration, and violence in rural Honduras
(Virginia Tech. University Libraries, 2020-02-13)The Women and Gender in International Development Discussion Series is organized by the Center for International Research, Education, and Development (CIRED) and is an InclusiveVT initiative of Outreach and International ... -
Geography and the Environment Through Kitchenspace: Cultural Ecology in the House-lot Garden in Central Mexico
(Virginia Tech. University Libraries, 2018-03-16)The WGD program at CIRED has conducted a monthly discussion series for over a decade. Students, faculty, staff and members of the community are encouraged to attend the discussions and bring their ideas and questions. The ... -
Governance, Livelihoods and Gender Issues in Run-of-the-River Hydropower Project Areas in Uttarakhand, India
(Virginia Tech. University Libraries, 2016-10-13)As part of the Women and Gender in International Development discussion series, Dr. Stephanie Buechler, Assistant Research Professor in the School of Geography and Development at the University of Arizona, will present on ... -
Grassroots lessons: Implementation of pension schemes for single women and the elderly in Jharkhand, India
(2015-02-05)There is ongoing debate in India on whether Government spending on social security schemes should be cut. Advocates for spending cuts claim that they do not reach their intended people. However there is not much. There is ... -
The Impact of Culture and Family: Women's Education and their Role in Development in South Sudan
(Virginia Tech. University Libraries, 2017-10-19)The WGD discussion series aims to provide an avenue for prominent scholars from inside and outside the university as well as Virginia Tech students to share their research studies and discuss issues of women, gender, and ... -
Mobile phones, social relations, and the gatekeepers to women’s empowerment in Maasai households
(Virginia Tech. University Libraries, 2019-04-18)The women and gender in international development discussion series is organized by the center for international research, education, and development (CIRED) and is an inclusive VT initiative of outreach and international ... -
Munda, Land, and Gender: Understanding Indigeneity in the Neoliberal State of Jharkhand, India
(Virginia Tech. University Libraries, 2019-11-14)The Women and Gender in International Development Discussion Series is organized by the Center for International Research, Education, and Development (CIRED) and is an InclusiveVT initiative of Outreach and International ... -
Recognizing Women’s Needs: A Key in Agriculture Production and Food Security
(Virginia Tech Libraries, 2018-11-08)The Women and Gender in International Development discussion series offers an opportunity for scholars and practitioners to share their research and knowledge surrounding gender and international development. Dr. Ozzie ... -
Towards a politics of mobility and women's empowerment: the case of self-help groups in India
(Virginia Tech. University Libraries, 2020-11-19)The Women and Gender in International Development Discussion Series is organized by the Center for International Research, Education, and Development (CIRED) and is an InclusiveVT initiative of Outreach and International ... -
Unpacking gender for inclusive and equitable development: A practitioner’s perspective from Africa
(Virginia Tech. University Libraries, 2017-02-27)Dr. Batamaka Somé, Anthropologist and Gender Specialist from Burkina Faso, will seek to raise awareness on gender issues around the world by sharing his experiences in working with women’s social and economic empowerment ... -
Victories and failures of gender expertise in global governance: The case of post-conflict state-building
(Virginia Tech. University Libraries, 2020-10-15)The Women and Gender in International Development Discussion Series is organized by the Center for International Research, Education, and Development (CIRED) and is an InclusiveVT initiative of Outreach and International ...
