Women Farmers: Rights and Identity

Date: Wednesday, August 9, 2017

[Participatory Training Tools on Gender and Livelihoods] - This training tool-kit on gender and livelihoods designed and developed by ANANDI is meant to engender and deepen the understanding of the goals of projects that focus on women farmer such as the ones being delivered by the National Rural Livelihoods Mission. The tools individually and the tool-kit as a whole are examples of guided facilitation where space for critical reflection and lateral learning is created in forums for women farmers...

Engendering Rural Livelihoods: Supporting Gender Responsive Implementation and Monitoring of the Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP)

Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2016

UN Women entered into a partnership with ANANDI to strengthen gender perspectives in the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) and to gear the NRLM towards gender equality and women’s empowerment.  Two State Rural Livelihood Missions of Madhya Pradesh (MPSRLM) and Bihar (JEEViKA BRLPS) were identified, and pilots were initiated under this program in select districts. ANANDI and UN Women believe that there exists a unique opportunity within NRLM to promote women’s...

Policy Brief and Recommendations on Rural Women in Viet Nam

Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2014

In Viet Nam, women work in agriculture as unpaid labourers on family farms and as paid or unpaid workers at other farms and agricultural enterprises.

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

Date: Monday, December 24, 2012

This policy brief is an effort to highlight critical gender concerns in key government interventions such as Swadhar Greh, Swadhar and Short Stay Homes, and provide policy recommendations to address them. It culls out gaps in policies, implementation and budgets, and suggests how these schemes can be strengthened.

Are our cities safe for women?

Date: Saturday, May 5, 2012

The study examines how safe the two city areas are for women and girls and explores the relationship between women’s fear of violence and their avoidance of specific public spaces.

Rural Pacific Island Women and Agriculture: Evidence, Data and Knowledge in Pacific Island Countries

Date: Thursday, March 1, 2012

The literature on Pacific Island women and agriculture is scattered across many academic disciplines and development project reports. This review and annotated bibliography is a first step in uniting these diverse sources to reveal a number of commonalities shared by women who engage in agriculture.