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Closing the Gender Gap in HIV and aids
ICRW expert Katherine Fritz appeared Nov. 11, on CNN to discuss women’s vulnerabilities to HIV and AIDS.
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Cutting-edge ideas can be game changers for women.
Women, Food Security and Agriculture in a Global Marketplace
Learn more about women and agriculture.
Empowering Women Where Insight and Action Connect
WATCH: 5-minute introductory video about ICRW.
Join ICRW’s Video Campaign Against Child Marriage
WATCH: The Bride Price: Consequences of Child Marriage Worldwide
Learn more about Child Marriage
More than three decades of work at ICRW on women and agriculture shows that investing in women farmers yields better food security, reduces hunger and spurs economic growth.
Learn more about women and agriculture.
Martha Gatobu, a woman farmer, is breaking gender barriers. Gatubo maintains a half-acre of coffee trees in the village of Maura, Kenya. Unlike many women in the developing world she owns the land she farms. Gatubo also leads a 29-member coffee growing cooperative. Each of her roles makes Martha an anomaly.
Meet Martha Gatobu.
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When Women Farm, Crops and Economies Grow
In an op-ed in the Des Moines Register, ICRW President Geeta Rao Gupta discusses the importance of improving women's access to resources, technology, markets and property rights to increase farm productivity, raise income and improve household nutrition.
Indian President Releases ICRW and Partner Evaluation of Anti-Domestic Violence Law
The president of India released a report by ICRW and a partner organization that addresses the effectiveness of the country’s new anti-domestic violence law.
International Conference on Family Planning: Research and Best Practices
ICRW experts will participate at a conference on family planning.
When: Nov. 15-18, 2009
Where: Kampala, Uganda
A Fireside Chat on Gender-based Violence: What Is the Unfinished Agenda?
Featuring ICRW's Mary Ellsberg
When: Nov. 24, 2009
9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Where: The International Student House
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Working with Men to Stop Violence
A Panel Featuring Todd Minerson of White Ribbon Campaign, Neil Irvin of Men Can Stop Rape, and Gary Barker of ICRW
When: Dec. 3, 2009
8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Where: The National Press Club
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