Examining a promising avenue for development programs.

A new tool to address the gender data gap in agricultural development.

A better understanding of changing gender dynamics in agriculture and beyond.

Some ways to lighten extra burdens the pandemic has imposed on women.

In low- and middle-income countries, women are key to practical efforts to limit the spread of coronavirus—but face many obstacles men do not.

Ensuring that women’s contributions to food systems are recognized, and that women can make strategic choices about their involvement, has benefits for all.

A growing body of evidence shows that women's empowerment programs have substantive development impacts that go beyond the goal of gender equality for its own sake. 

The Women in Agriculture Empowerment Index (WEAI) and Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project, Phase 2 (GAAP2) generate new insights into women's roles.

How rural women activists are bringing about change from the ground up.

Examining the role of rural women activists in bringing change to nutrition and food systems worldwide.

Fostering genuine empowerment is a complex process. Here's the role organizations can play.

The benefits of women's land rights offer a promising path for poverty programs and for future research.

The following blog story by Agnes Quisumbing, Hazel Malapit, and

One of a researcher’s biggest fears is that research outputs go unread, gathering dust on people’s shelves before ending up in the recycling bin.  However, this fear was unfounded for our work on the

Rumor has it that women are naturally the more environmentally conscious sex. As farmers, mothers, and keepers of the earth, they are the ones who selflessly care for the planet and will bear disproportionate burden as it is degraded.

This blogpost, the final in a 4-part series on IFPRI gender research, shares key takeaways from research on themes of: decision making; women’s empowerment; and improving data on gender.

This blog post, part three in a four-part series on IFPRI gender research in the past 20 years, shares key takeaways from research on themes of: groups and social capital; sustainability;

This blog post, part two in a four-part series on IFPRI gender research in the past 20 years, shares key takeaways from research on themes of: closing gender gaps in agricultural productivity