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Take a look at some of ILRI’s WILD women (aka ‘Women in Livestock Development’)
Happy International Women’s Day! Check out our WILD — Women in Livestock Development by clicking open this Pinterest pinboard. Continue reading
Women in Data Science conference to be held at ILRI’s Nairobi campus on 8 Mar 2019
At ILRI’s 8 Mar WiDS 2019 meeting, early-career data scientists will be able to interact with experts already impacting the real world using the data that they have generated and analysed. Continue reading
Take a look at the WILD women and girls conducting livestock science for development
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Check out our WILD — Women in Livestock Development by clicking open this Pinterest pinboard. Continue reading
Celebrating achievements of women in livestock development at the African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD@10) event
Originally posted on ILRI policies, instititions and livelihoods program:
ILRI staff attended the African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) @ 10 event in Nairobi on 29 November 2018 (photo credit: ILRI/Judy Kimani).? The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) supports women in livestock development by ensuring that they benefit and are empowered through livestock.…
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Aspen New Voices Fellows Andrew Mude and Jemimah Njuki tell of the moments their ag careers ‘took off’
For your viewing and listening pleasure, here are two short video ‘stories’ by two great agricultural-research-for-development storytellers. Continue reading
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When ‘Do no harm’ is harder than ‘doing good’
Agricultural researchers working to enhance traditional pasture conservation by Tanzania’s pastoral Maasai communities are systematically addressing gendered norms and roles to ensure that they don’t end up hurting more than helping these communities. Continue reading
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The Women’s Empowerment in Livestock Index: Indicators for the start of a global, badly needed, conversation
Recently, a team of scientists at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), led by anthropologist Alessandra Galiè, in collaboration with Emory University, developed the Women’s Empowerment in Livestock Index (WELI), a new index to assess the empowerment of women in production systems in which livestock are important. Continue reading
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Livestock-enhanced diets in the first 1,000 days of life: Pathways to better futures in low-income countries
A new report was published this month on the value of ensuring consumption of meat, milk and eggs by infants up to two years of age and by expectant and new mothers in developing countries (the first 1,000 days). The report was published by ILRI and the Chatham House Centre on Global Health Security. Highlights of the findings of this joint ILRI-Chatham livestock study were presented at a side event at the EAT Stockholm Food Forum on 11 Jun 2018. Continue reading
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Can livestock-enhanced diets of the poor in the first 1,000 days of life lead to healthy and sustainable futures?
This year’s EAT 2018 Stockholm Food Forum (11–12 Jun 2018) explores ways to achieve healthy and sustainable diets for a growing global population. On Monday, 11 Jun 2018, Chatham House and ILRI will host a side event around the findings of an evidence review on the influence of livestock-derived foods—meat, milk and eggs—on the nutrition of women and of children during their first 1,000 days of life, from conception to age two. Continue reading
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