Links
As a global network of professional women and men, WOCAN believes in the importance of resource- and information-sharing. The following links are selected online sites that offer valuable information and resources pertaining to gender, agriculture and natural resource management.
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If your organization would like to be listed here, please join us as an Institutional Member or contact us at wocan@wocan.org.
Supporting Institutions
CIDA provides humanitarian assistance and supports sustainable development in developing countries in order to reduce poverty and to contribute to a more secure, equitable, and prosperous world.
The PRGA develops and promotes methods and organizational approaches for gender-sensitive participatory research on plant breeding and on management of crops and natural resources.
Heifer’s mission is to work with communities to end hunger and poverty and to care for the earth by giving families a source of food rather than short-term relief.
IFAD's mission is to enable the poor to overcome poverty.
New Field Foundation contributes to the creation of a safe and sustainable world by supporting women and their families to overcome poverty, violence, and injustice in their communities, with a current focus in sub-Saharan Africa.
Other
This regional Web site for the FAO provides access to information on agriculture in Latin America including experiences related to gender and agriculture. The Web site can be accessed in Spanish, English and Portuguese.
RESGEST seeks to enhance the status and role of women, both as agents and beneficiaries in the development of S&T and their application to social and economic development and promote studies on their differential impact on women and men in Southeast Asia and the Pacific region, in line with program of transformation action recommended by UNCSTD in 1995. RESGEST is a Secretariat of the Gender Advisory Board of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development, and hosted by UNESCO Jakarta.
AWID is an international membership organization connecting, informing and mobilizing people and organizations committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women's human rights.
A program of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), Gender & Diversity consists of nearly 8,000 scientists, technicians and managers, committed women and men offering their expertise to 15 international agricultural research centers around the world.
Mainstreaming gender and population, and providing policy advice and technical assistance.
The WAICENT Information Finder: part of FAO's commitment to improve access to timely and relevant technical information on agriculture and food security.
The GWA promotes women’s and men’s equitable access to and management of safe and adequate water, for domestic supply, sanitation, food security and environmental sustainability
Working to ensure that gender equity is mainstreamed in mountain development policy and action by encouraging women’s involvement in decision-making and by recognizing the crucial role women play as guardians of local resources and knowledge.
Bringing together a broad cross-section of stakeholders interested in participatory approaches and methods in support of sustainable rural livelihoods and food security.
Mainstreaming gender and household food security strategies.
The World Conservation Union.
Each year, NWF sponsors a three-day leadership institute for college women interested in a career in International Sustainable Development. Participation in Women for Sustainable Development is open to women from all backgrounds and disciplines enrolled at undergraduate institutions in the United States and Mexico.
Rural Women Making Change is a community-university research alliance in which community organization members and academics are co-researchers. Our collaborative work will expand our understanding of the social, economic and political processes that hinder the full participation, effectiveness and well-being of rural women and their advocates, as well as promote action for change. RWMC is based out of the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
The SARD Initiative is a multi-stakeholder umbrella framework designed to support the transition to people-centred sustainable agriculture and rural development and to strengthen participation in programme and policy development.
The focal points for women in SARD are WOCAN and Women in Europe as a Common Future (WECF).
Strengthening mountain populations’ livelihoods with improved policies for sustainable agriculture and rural development.
The UNFF facilitates the creation of a focal point system made up of focal points from each of the nine major groups - Business and Industry, Children and Youth, Indigenous People, Local Authorities, Non-governmental Organizations, Scientific and Technological Communities, Small Forest Landowners / Farmers, Women, Workers and Trade Unions.
Winrock promotes equitable and just development by building the capacity of local organizations and individuals, particularly women and children.
WEDO is an international organization that advocates for women’s equality in global policy.
Women's Global Green Action Network (WGGAN) cultivates global partnerships of grassroots women environmental leaders for a thriving planet. WGGAN helps women strengthen their alliances and leadership abilities in order to develop a collective agenda for impacting environmental and social change at the local, regional and global level.
