Campaign To End Hunger Must Focus On Violence Against Women

ICRW President Sarah Degnan Kambou explains why G8 leaders must make women the focus of their discussions on food security and nutrition in this piece published by the Guardian’s Poverty Matters Blog.

G8 Summit Spotlight: ICRW Tests Agricultural ‘Community of Practice’ Concept in Tanzania

Agricultural practitioners in Tanzania gain deeper understanding of gender norms that influence production, and how to address such gender issues to improve farmers’ lives. 

Girls 20 Feature: Empowering Adolescent Girls in Delhi

ICRW study finds that programs addressing the multiple needs of adolescent girls in India are the most effective at transforming their lives.

Focus on Child Marriage: Changing the Course for Child Brides in Ethiopia

This week we focus on the often overlooked population of married adolescent girls, and a program that works to empower them by addressing their health and economic needs.

ICRW Wins Third place in the RaiseForWomen Challenge

ICRW’s Turning Point Campaign was a big success in the RaiseForWomen Challenge, raising nearly $115,000. We are so grateful to all who made donations to help us continue to support girls and young women, and change the course of their lives for the better. 

OUR MISSION

ICRW's mission is to empower women, advance gender equality and fight poverty in the developing world. To accomplish this, ICRW works with partners to conduct empirical research, build capacity and advocate for evidence-based, practical ways to change policies and programs.

VIDEO: "Let's Raise Our Voices" London Event

On June 3rd, ICRW co-hosted "Let's Raise Our Voices," an event held in London that brought together leading experts to discuss strategies for preventing violence against women and girls. Watch the video.

VIDEO: Assessing Approaches to Ending Violence Against Women

ICRW’s Brian Heilman takes us on a short trip to Fiji and Vanuatu, giving us a wonderful glimpse into ICRW’s recent project focusing on reviewing the effectiveness of AusAID-funded initiatives to end violence against women. Watch the Video.

What's New

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Tue, 06/18/2013

ICRW's Suzanne Petroni and Jeffrey Edmeades presented on child marriage at the G(irls)20 Summit in Moscow (via Google Hangout). The Summit brings delegates ages 18-20 together to debate, discuss and design innovative ideas necessary to improve the growth of communities, countries and companies by empowering girls and women globally. The delegates then present these ideas to G20 Leaders. 

Fri, 06/14/2013
Mon, 06/17/2013

Agricultural practitioners in Tanzania gain deeper understanding of gender norms that influence production, and how to address such gender issues to improve farmers’ lives. 

Fri, 06/14/2013

This week we focus on the often overlooked population of married adolescent girls, and a program that works empower them by addressing their health and economic needs.

Fri, 06/14/2013
Fri, 06/14/2013

ICRW’s Ravi Verma has been selected from hundreds of applicants worldwide to help provide technical guidance on achieving commitments made during last year’s London Summit on Family Planning.

Thu, 06/13/2013
The Guardian Poverty Matters Blog Thu, 06/13/2013

Turning Point Campaign

Be a part of developing solutions to the many challenges adolescent girls face worldwide. Give girls everywhere the opportunity to become healthy empowered women. Join ICRW's Turning Point campaign today!

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Featured Publication

Agrodealerships in Western Kenya: How Promising for Agricultural Development and Women Farmers?

World leaders at the recent G8 summit highlighted the importance of food security and nutrition. ICRW examines the roles of Kenya’s agrodealers and their impact on women farmers. 

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ICRW #SecKerry @statedept: It's time to act! All women & girls deserve and have the right to control their own destinies. #usa4women
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ICRW NGOs in Africa see progress by engaging male leaders to promote women's health http://t.co/xhdjJFlOy5 HT @TheAtlantic #globaldev
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girleffect @suzp @ICRW @CARE Thanks Suzanne - add your name to The Girl Declaration & we'll send you #girls2015 progress! http://t.co/Po6aNuEWQy
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GirlsGlobe End #childmarriage in #Ethiopia! One girl's tale of her early marriage and its consequences. http://t.co/xjJsqCJt41 via @ICRW
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llearth @ICRW @suzp Also check out all the crowd-sourced #Girl20Summit social media on http://t.co/Pgm9JMRpIZ
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ICRW Watch @suzp & Jeff Edmeades discuss solutions 2 #endchildmarriage & programs 4 married girls @Girls20Summit http://t.co/ylt9crR4Qe
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ICRW .@RajShah & #SecKerry @StateDept: Pls make women & girls’ human rights & gender equality a foreign policy priority! #usa4women #usa4girls
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suzp Video from today's @Girls20Summit on #endchildmarriage is up. Check out @ICRW (me & Jeff) presenting at 2:50 http://t.co/fuYhBFPWjY
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ICRW Great piece by @kramdas on the "uncommon" women & MEN who are working to end #vaw in India. http://t.co/6O0KLjtoJK
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tphilanthropy @girleffect @ICRW Just finished reading the report and looks like our programs R going the right way! #Education and #skills training !
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FHI360EPDC Solutions to end child marriage: educate parents/community, enhance quality/access of schooling for girls @ICRW http://t.co/NnBtXkIRNi
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ICRW Will #SecKerry @StateDept carry on @HillaryClinton's amazing work for women & girls? We certainly hope so! #usa4women #usa4girls
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AnneStangl Sec. Kerry says it is key to reach key populations, who often face stigma, to ensure an AIDS free generation. @ICRW @stigmaactionnet
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Diane_Fender Loved listening live to #Girls20summit and most recently hearing from @ICRW and @suzp on #genderequality and #childmarriage #girls4change
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suzp @girleffect And here's a great piece by Jeff Edmeades on his work w/ @ICRW and @CARE in Ethiopia: http://t.co/MZ4ht3f49f. #endchildmarriage
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Diane_Fender @suzp Love learning about your knowledge and research to promote #genderequality and #endchildmarriage. #girls20summit @ICRW
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Diane_Fender @ICRW Here @GirlsGlobe we believe in creating powerful social networks to create change for girls and women! @GirlUp #Girls20Summit
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lyricthompson @ICRW's brilliant @suzp addressed the @Girls20Summit this morning on solutions to #EndChildMarriage - watch it here http://t.co/X3p9QfmJym
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delightinHim child marriage can end & a brighter future for girls around the globe is possible. Check out the @ICRW report http://t.co/lH3vCnJXcL
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Diane_Fender Empowering girls themselves to enable them to advocate in their own right is powerful-@suzp #Girls20summit #endchildmarriage @ICRW
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ICRW RT @girleffect: LIVE now, @suzp from @ICRW is talking #endchildmarriage at @Girls20Summit. For starters, download this report: http://t.co/…
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ICRW RT @Girls20Summit: Check out @ICRW's report: Solutions to End Child Marriage - http://t.co/f6rczDyflh @suzp
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ICRW RT @jenniferhollett: Report: Solutions to End Child Marriage, What the Evidence Shows http://t.co/MOoY3HW3TY #girls20summit
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girleffect LIVE now, @suzp from @ICRW is talking #endchildmarriage at @Girls20Summit. For starters, download this report: http://t.co/fTkd94cNKh
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Girls20Summit Check out @ICRW's report: Solutions to End Child Marriage - http://t.co/f6rczDyflh @suzp
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AnnaJonna Human Rights focus on LGBT is out! http://t.co/dY95Tm3K80 ▸ Top stories today via @LGBTHM @ICRW
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ICRW RT @ICPDBeyond2014: What works to #endchildmarriage? This report explores the evidence. Spoiler alert - education is the key! http://t.co/t…
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ICRW RT @NewSecurityBeat: Edmeades: ...we're seeing changed perceptions in girls' roles both among girls AND their communities @ICRW #endchildma
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ICRW RT @suzp: Edmeades: Stay tuned to http://t.co/IKeyN1BN2Y for full eval results from @NikeFoundation supported TESFA in Sept. #endchildmarri
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ICRW RT @suzp: Edmeades: TESFA also led to sharp increases in economic activity by married #girls, as well as increased communication w/ husband…
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ICRW RT @suzp: Edmeades of @ICRW: Actual use of #SRH services, including #familyplanning, increased thru @CARE TESFA #childmarriage program.
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ICPDBeyond2014 What works to #endchildmarriage? This report explores the evidence. Spoiler alert - education is the key! http://t.co/tp6UmWxP51 @icrw
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NewSecurityBeat Edmeades: ...we're seeing changed perceptions in girls' roles both among girls AND their communities @ICRW #endchildmarriage
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suzp Edmeades: TESFA also led to sharp increases in economic activity by married #girls, as well as increased communication w/ husbands. @ICRW
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NewSecurityBeat Edmeades: sig increases in couple communication; greater overall confidence/self-worth... @ICRW #endchildmarriage
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NewSecurityBeat Edmeades: we also saw a "whole host" of changes that we hadn't been looking for but were happy to see @ICRW #endchildmarriage
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NewSecurityBeat Edmeades: girls are earning more money in more ways, and getting more confident abt ability to weather econ crises @ICRW #endchildmarriage
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suzp Edmeades of @ICRW describes methodology of eval of @CARE TESFA #childmarriage program. Married adol #girls incr correct knowledge of #SRHR
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suzp Edmeades of @ICRW: Actual use of #SRH services, including #familyplanning, increased thru @CARE TESFA #childmarriage program.
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NewSecurityBeat Edmeades: ...girls & women are more confident in discussing SRH w/husbands... @ICRW #endchildmarriage
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NewSecurityBeat Edmeades: ...we're seeing knowledge about, use of contraception increase... @ICRW #endchildmarriage
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NewSecurityBeat Edmeades: so far our findings on these 2 Qs are very preliminary... @ICRW #endchildmarriage
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NewSecurityBeat Edmeades: does a program that link the two yield better outcomes than programs that take single-issue approach? @ICRW #endchildmarriage
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ICRW RT @suzp: .@ICRW's Jeff Edmeades abt to speak w @CARE expert from Ethiopia on joint TESFA program wkg on #SRHR and econ support for married…
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NewSecurityBeat Edmeades: core question our research asked: are there synergies b/t econ empowerment & SRH in adolescents? @ICRW #endchildmarriage
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ICRW RT @suzp: And on that controversial note, we switch panels here @NewSecurityBeat and focus on specific programs designed to #endchildmarria
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ICRW RT @suzp: Malhotra disagrees w/ @JenniferRedner re importance of #SexEd as preventer of #childmarriage. Says #education itself is strongest…
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ICRW RT @suzp: @JenniferRedner says comprehensive #SexEd is indeed critical to preventing #childmarriage and ensuring #genderequality.
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suzp .@ICRW's Jeff Edmeades abt to speak w @CARE expert from Ethiopia on joint TESFA program wkg on #SRHR and econ support for married girls
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NewSecurityBeat .@CARE Ethiopia's Feven Tassew & @ICRW's Jeff Edmeades up next. Keep watching the webcast over at http://t.co/M917oB5qgE #endchildmarriage
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ICRW RT @suzp: Malhotra: We haven't yet looked at impacts of #media and #socialmedia on ending #childmarriage - new area for research. @ICRW
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suzp Malhotra: We haven't yet looked at impacts of #media and #socialmedia on ending #childmarriage - new area for research. @ICRW
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ICRW RT @suzp: Malhotra: Need to better understand impact of #education on delaying #childmarriage - how and why it works.
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ICRW RT @suzp: Malhotra: Most promising ways to #endchildmarriage: Empowering girls w/ info and skills and networks and providing incentives for…
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ICRW RT @suzp: Malhotra: Systematic review shows most #endchildmarriage programs take place in S Asia, but highest prevalance rates r in W Afric…
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ICRW RT @NewSecurityBeat: Malhotra: child marriage touches so many steps in the cycle of inequality - health, edu., livelihoods, equality @UNICE
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ICRW RT @suzp: Now up, Anju Malhotra of @Unicef, presenting on solutions to #endchildmarriage, work done @ICRW . See: http://t.co/exyPmUmmZg
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suzp Now up, Anju Malhotra of @Unicef, presenting on solutions to #endchildmarriage, work done @ICRW . See: http://t.co/exyPmUmmZg
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ICRW RT @suzp: Carla Koppell of @USAID: risk of early and forced marriage increases w/ conflict and instability, ie Syria and afr Horn. #childma
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ICRW RT @suzp: @jenniferRedner: Need robust data collection, analysis and use in order to #endchildmarriage and support married girls (what @ICR
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ICRW RT @suzp: @JenniferRedner: need to integrate #childmarriage into existing policies and programs but also need new investments.
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ICRW RT @NewSecurityBeat: .@jenniferredner: ...we need to make sure child marriage is included in the post-2015 #SDGs @GirlsNotBrides #endchildm
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ICRW RT @suzp: Koppell notes @USAID funded @ICRW study on CCTs to delay #childmarriage in India. Search "IMPACCT" at http://t.co/IKeyN1BN2Y to l…
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