http://www.wocan.org/ The latest news updates from the WOCAN website. en-us Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:12:30 GMT http://www.wocan.org/rss CakePHP info@ancientwisdompro.com http://www.wocan.org/news/story/2010-call-for-applications-the-african-women-in-agricultural-research-and-development-award-fellowsh In mid January, AWARD excitedly announced its first call for the 2010 AWARD Fellowships to fast track the careers of African women scientists in the NARS, higher education research and education in... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:02:14 -0600 http://www.wocan.org/news/story/2010-call-for-applications-the-african-women-in-agricultural-research-and-development-award-fellowsh http://www.wocan.org/news/story/african-women-in-agricultural-research-and-development-award-2010-award-fellowships-call-for-applica African women working in agricultural research and development from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia who have completed a bachelor's, master'... Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:28:54 -0600 http://www.wocan.org/news/story/african-women-in-agricultural-research-and-development-award-2010-award-fellowships-call-for-applica http://www.wocan.org/news/story/applications-sought-for-aline-s-farmer-voice-innovation-awards.html ALINe's Farmer Voice Initiative brings together best practice in farmer feedback systems for agricultural development. Have you developed a successful way of listening systematically to farmers ... Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:55:30 -0600 http://www.wocan.org/news/story/applications-sought-for-aline-s-farmer-voice-innovation-awards.html http://www.wocan.org/news/story/berlin-conference-2010-social-dimensions-of-environmental-change-and-governance.html Berlin Conference 2010: "Social dimensions of environmental change and governance" October 8th - October 9th, 2010 Paper submissions for this year's 'Berlin Conference on the Human Dimensions of... Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:08:27 -0600 http://www.wocan.org/news/story/berlin-conference-2010-social-dimensions-of-environmental-change-and-governance.html http://www.wocan.org/news/story/call-for-nominations-women-s-creativity-in-rural-life-awards-wwsf.html NOMINATION GUIDELINES Next prize awards in 2010 Awarded since 1994 by WWSF Women's World Summit Foundation - an international, non-profit, humanitarian NGO, serving the implementation of women's ... Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:28:06 -0600 http://www.wocan.org/news/story/call-for-nominations-women-s-creativity-in-rural-life-awards-wwsf.html http://www.wocan.org/news/story/call-for-papers-gender-development-food.html Food crises have become common phenomena. For poor women, men, and children in developing countries, lack of food is often the face of the complex crises facing the human race: climate change, glob... Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:25:05 -0600 http://www.wocan.org/news/story/call-for-papers-gender-development-food.html http://www.wocan.org/news/story/gcard-engendering-agricultural-research-paper-draft.html This paper aims to make a case for a more gender-equitable agricultural research and development system. It reviews evidence on whether women are factored into research institutions, and whether re... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:10:32 -0600 http://www.wocan.org/news/story/gcard-engendering-agricultural-research-paper-draft.html http://www.wocan.org/news/story/grist-blog-on-why-are-women-being-left-out-of-climate-decision-making.html Interesting blog on www.grist.org regarding last week's announcement of the High Level Advisory Group on climate financing. by Elizabeth Becker, Suzanne Ehlers When will we finally break through... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:11:03 -0600 http://www.wocan.org/news/story/grist-blog-on-why-are-women-being-left-out-of-climate-decision-making.html http://www.wocan.org/news/story/kanchan-lama-coordinator-of-wocan-in-nepal-raised-the-topic-of-the-fsn-forum-discussion-no-49-food-s The Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum) is a global community of practitioners with currently 1620 members from across the world's five continents. It offers a neutral platfor... Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:26:22 -0600 http://www.wocan.org/news/story/kanchan-lama-coordinator-of-wocan-in-nepal-raised-the-topic-of-the-fsn-forum-discussion-no-49-food-s http://www.wocan.org/news/story/on-the-occasion-of-2010-international-women-s-day-march-8-international-union-for-conservation-of-na Climate change is a great challenge of our time, negatively impacting sustainable development and all sectors of society, such as, environment, economy, human health, disaster management, and food ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:52:13 -0600 http://www.wocan.org/news/story/on-the-occasion-of-2010-international-women-s-day-march-8-international-union-for-conservation-of-na http://www.wocan.org/news/story/participation-of-wocan-delegates-in-united-natios-meetings-on-the-agenda-of-agriculture-rural-develo The following reports are now available in the Programs section, under Knowledge Sharing/Networking: Participation of WOCAN delegates in United Nations Meetings on the agenda of agriculture, r... Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:34:07 -0600 http://www.wocan.org/news/story/participation-of-wocan-delegates-in-united-natios-meetings-on-the-agenda-of-agriculture-rural-develo http://www.wocan.org/news/story/united-nations-development-programme-resource-guide-on-gender-and-climate-change.html Climate change is the defining human development issue of our generation. The 2007 Human Development report acknowledges that climate change threatens to erode human freedoms and limit choice ... Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:47:17 -0600 http://www.wocan.org/news/story/united-nations-development-programme-resource-guide-on-gender-and-climate-change.html http://www.wocan.org/news/story/job-announcement-coordinator-network-of-women-ministers-and-leaders-in-agriculture.html This Network is facilitated by Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN) - a women-led international membership network of women and men professionals exper... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:33:53 -0600 http://www.wocan.org/news/story/job-announcement-coordinator-network-of-women-ministers-and-leaders-in-agriculture.html http://www.wocan.org/news/story/widespread-gender-gap-in-land-rights-spotlighted-by-new-online-un-database.html A new online database produced by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) shines a light on how women lag far behind men in their access to land, major stumbling bock to rural de... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:44:00 -0600 http://www.wocan.org/news/story/widespread-gender-gap-in-land-rights-spotlighted-by-new-online-un-database.html http://www.wocan.org/news/story/women-feeding-cities-mainstreaming-gender-in-urban-agriculture-and-food-security.html This publication analyses the roles of women and men in urban food production, processing and marketing in case studies from 3 development regions and includes field tested guidelines and tools for... Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:39:43 -0600 http://www.wocan.org/news/story/women-feeding-cities-mainstreaming-gender-in-urban-agriculture-and-food-security.html