By Shadia Nassar, Includovate Principal Researcher (Evaluation) Welcome to our blog dedicated to shedding light on one of the most pressing issues of our time gender-based violence (GBV) in the agrifood system, which was the main topic discussed in the virtual webinar Breaking the Silence – Addressing sexual harassment and other forms of gender-based violence […]
Inclusive Conversation with the CEO Investing in Male Engagement: A Pathway to a Violence-Free Future for Women and Girls Join us for an enlightening webinar on “Investing in Male Engagement: A Pathway to a Violence-Free Future for Women and Girls,” featuring Dr. Kristie Drucza, CEO & Founder of Includovate, and Superintendent of Police (SP) Francis […]
By Emmanuel Kodwo Mensah, Senior Associate Researcher, Includovate and a member of the Uganda Ministry of Health’s Technical Working Group on Male Engagement “Achieving gender equality is recognised as a societal responsibility that concerns and should fully engage men and as well as women and girls and requires partnerships between women and men”. Commission on […]
By: Kaleab K. Haile This blog argues that more empirical investigations on the effect of aggregate economic shocks on household investments in boy and girl child human capital development in the SSA context is needed. This data can help to prioritise disaster responses that mitigate gender biases and, in turn, alleviate gender inequality in human […]
Host: Racha Ammati Panelists: Kiya Gezahegne, Abiyot Negera 11 February 2021 Background The first five webinars of Includovate’s “Thought Series” have looked at different aspects of social inclusion. This sixth and last episode focused on a much more specific issue, which is the status of inclusion as it relates to gender equality and international development post-COVID-19. The […]
By Mariette Correa The first time I came across preferred pronouns in person was when I was working with LGBTQ groups on issues related to HIV/AIDS. Before that, novels and style manuals had been my only exposure to such a concept, being defined as “the pronoun that an individual would like others to use when […]
By Racha Zahira Ammati Rethinking the Discourse on Women and Climate Change References to women in the gender and climate change literature are conspicuous by the way they frame women’s relationship with the environment as either vulnerable or virtuous. This perspective pigeonholes women into two groups: those in the Global South, vulnerable to climate change’s effects; […]
Gender-based violence (GBV) is defined by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as “harmful acts directed at an individual based on their gender” (UNHCR, n.d.). For organisations, researchers, and activists to take part in the fight against GBV, being able to collect, store, and analyse data from the survivors of […]
By Charmaine R.S Manyani Ethiopia is one of Africa’s fastest growing economies, and recent political and economic reforms have recognised the importance of empowering women and increasing their participation in the labour force. Yet women remain overrepresented in lower-skilled jobs while carrying out the bulk of unpaid care work. Because gender inequality remains prevalent across the […]
By Ethiopia Lemma Yemiru “My name is Ethiopia and I am from Ethiopia,” was my commonly used icebreaker when I met people as an international student doing my undergraduate in the US. Since I have been back to Ethiopia after graduating with a double major in Gender & Women Studies and Psychology, I have been […]
