Gender and Development

Women’s rights and development associations, including WIDE+, are deeply concerned about the lack of priority to gender equality in the proposed EU Multiannual Financial Framework

Posted by wideplusnetworkon May 4, 2018July 27, 2021in Feminist Solidarities, Gender and Development, Gender justice in Europe, Statements and Petitions

WIDE+, Care, DSW, EWL, IPPF European Network, One, Plan International, Kvinna till Kvinna, World Vision and WAGGS are deeply concerned that gender equality is not addressed as a key political priority in the Communication on the Multiannual Financial Framework (2021-2027) released by…

A Fair Trade for Gender? an Analysis of Cocoa production in Ivory Coast

Posted by wideplusnetworkon February 19, 2018July 27, 2021in Analysis, Feminist Economics

By Nema Vinkeloe Does a Fair Trade approach lead to more gender equality? While Fairtrade International, one of the major players in the Fair Trade movement, according to its global policy commits to enhancing gender equality, research finds that in…

Food Sovereignty movement and the women’s struggles

Posted by wideplusnetworkon February 5, 2017July 27, 2021in Analysis, Gender and Development

Article by Ana Alvarenga de Castro written for the WIDE+ newsletter This article reflects on the current tendency in many peasant communities of more women taking responsibility for food production while still facing the lack of access to natural resources.…