Resultados de búsqueda - "discrimination"

Land and schooling: transferring wealth across generations por Quisumbing, Agnes R., Estudillo, Jonna P., Otsuka, Keijiro

“…To help right gender imbalances, the authors consider policies to encourage adoption of labor-intensive agricultural technologies, to extend and strengthen school systems in rural areas, to promote competition in off-farm labor markets, and to eliminate discrimination against women. The authors conclude that there is no conflict between policies to enhance the efficiency of investments in land and human capital and policies to promote gender equity. -- from Web Abstract"…”
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Rethinking women's leadership in agrifood systems: Pathways to equality and resilience por Shijagurumayum, Meghajit Sharma, Morgan, Miranda Yeen, Elias, Marlene, Zaremba, Haley

“…Multiple forms of discrimination (for example, related to caste, ethnicity, disability and age) often overlap or intersect with gender inequalities, increasing the challenges for certain groups of women to claim their rights to participation and representation.  …”
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Women: still the key to food and nutrition security por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Accomplishing this task requires policies that eradicate gender discrimination, proactively promote catch-up for women, and involve women directly in their implementation..…”
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Population growth and policy options in the developing world por Bongaarts, John, Bruce, Judith

“…They appeal to a variety of constituencies: those seeking to eliminate discrimination against women and improve the lives of children, as well as those seeking to reduce fertility and population growth. …”
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No country for young women farmers: A situation analysis for India por Narayanan, Sudha, Srinivasan, Sharada

“…In spite of their significant role in agriculture in India, women lack recognition as farmers and face structural barriers related to land ownership, access to resources and markets, and mobility, which are associated with high levels of gender discrimination and gender-based violence (Panda and Agarwal 2005; UNODC 2018). …”
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Women’s leadership in community-led forest governance in India por Kachhap, Apurwa, Ravani, Khanjan, Rana, Meenu, Misra, Deepannita, Madappa, P.S., Morgan, Miranda, Elias, Marlene

“…Yet women continue to face gender-based discrimination and marginalization in forest governance, and are less likely than men to take on meaningful leadership roles. …”
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Measurement of gender attitudes to inform gender-transformative approaches: Insights from 4 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa por Ragasa, Catherine, Lambrecht, Isabel B., Ma, Ning, Cole, Steven

“…Motivation - Extensive prior research has demonstrated that reducing gender discrimination enhances women’s empowerment, promotes more inclusive livelihoods, increases agricultural productivity, and improves other development outcomes…”
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Molecular markers for analyses of genetic diversity within the Anastrepha fraterculus complex with emphasis on Argentine populations por Gomulski, Ludvik, Vera, María Teresa, Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz, Piccinno, Riccardo, Fiorenza, Giulia, De Luca, Daniel, Carrizo, Beatriz Noemi, Bouvet, Juan Pedro, Viana, Valeria Angelica, Cárceres, Carlos, Enkerlin, Walther, Malacrida, Anna, Gasperi, Giuliano

“…The ITS2 marker provides a basis for the development of taxonomic keys for the discrimination of the cryptic taxa within the A. fraterculus cryptic species complex. …”
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Enhancing social inclusion through local dialogues on natural resource management (NRM) por Elias, Marlène, Priyadarshini, Pratiti, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Ghate, Rucha, Rao, Jagdeesh

“…It represents a facilitated process of community engagement to enhance social inclusion and cohesion, and the prospects of collective action to work through situations of discrimination or conflict via inter-group contact under a set of predefined conditions. …”
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Guidelines for measuring gender transformative change in the context of food security, nutrition and sustainable agriculture por Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International Fund for Agricultural Development, World Food Programme, CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform

“…Additionally, the Guidelines bring attention to other important issues to consider when to implement the framework and when to develop context-specific indicators of gender transformative change, such as the incorporation of insider perspectives and consideration to intersectional forms of discrimination.…”
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Towards a common vision of climate, peace and security in Zambia: Workshop memory por Medina, Leonardo, Sax, Niklas, Caroli, Giulia, Maviza, Gracsious, Tarusarira, Joram, Pacillo, Grazia

“…However, this status is being undermined by several socio-political factors, including deeply entrenched patterns of social inequality and gender discrimination, high levels of poverty and youth unemployment, as well as recurring episodes of electoral violence. …”
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Collective agency: A case of common-bean smallholder farmers in Uganda por Lutomia, Cosmas Kweyu, Nchanji, Eileen, Nanyonjo, Grace, Mugagga, Isaac

“…Understanding the root causes and discrimination associated with women’s leadership, voice and agency needs to be understood, and solutions integrated during the formation of farmer associations, which in turn could be critical in enhancing women’s representation in group leadership.…”
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Do girls pay the price of civil war? Violence and infant mortality in Congo por Dagnelie, Olivier, De Luca, Giacomo, Maystadt, Jean-François

“…The analysis suggests that gender imbalances in infant mortality are driven by the selection induced by a higher vulnerability of boys in utero rather than by gender discrimination.…”
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Legal mobilisation and justice: insights from the constitutional court case on international standard schools in Indonesia por Rosser, A., Curnow, Jayne

“…In this case, a group of parents were able to mobilise for legal action only because NGOs provided the required technical expertise and financial resources while the central involvement of an anti-corruption NGO in the SSLM shifted the focus from parents' concerns about discrimination to corruption.…”
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Una metodología multivariable para la regionalización ambiental. I. Bases metodológicas por Gallopín, Gilberto C.

“…The methodology include the following basic processes: 1) A discrimination of the universal space into unit environmental elements (UEE) with maximal homogeneity in all relevant environmental variables (at the level of perception considered); 2) A numerical and/or nominal characterization of each UEE according to values of basic and generated variables; 3) A reinterpretation and evaluation of the characterization variables, through multivariable statistical analysis and 4) A clustering of the UEE into environmentally homogeneous areas (EHA) in a hierarchy of regions, sub-regions, sub-sub-regions, etc. down to the level of the UEE. …”
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New molecular methods for identification of Broad bean wilt virus 1 por Ferrer, Rosa M., Escriu, F., Luis-Arteaga, Marisol, Guerri, José, Moreno, Pedro, Rubio, Luis

“…DB-hybridization with probes corresponding to different genomic regions allowed universal detection of BBWV-1 and discrimination between genetically distant isolates.…”
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What about women’s representation? por Ioannou, Anna

“…Through nuancing how Bolivian salespersons narrate their social positions in the Argentinean society, in relation to the state and the society at large, and why Bolivian women are underrepresented in leadership positions, this thesis offers a discussion of how discrimination often is enacted by structural positions that turn into but also constrain everyday actions and routines, at the same time as being discriminated can enhance a group’s potential to hoard opportunities.…”
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Gender equality and investments in adolescents in the rural Philippines por Bouis, Howarth E., Palabrica-Costello, Marilou, Solon, Orville, Westbrook, M. Daniel, Limbo, Azucena B.

“…The research also concludes that boys and girls in this rural area of the Philippines are generally treated equally, provid ing a contrast with other Asian settings where discrimination by gender is common. (Forward by Per Pinstrup- Andersen)…”
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Ethnicity and earnings in a mixed race labor market por Ñopo, Hugo, Saavedra, Jaime, Torero, Maximo

“…These results may be consistent with a story of employer discrimination.…”
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An economic study of small pigholders in Vietnam: some insights gained and the scope for further research por Tisdell, C.A.

“…These results include (1) natural protection given to Vietnam’s pig producers from imports as a result of the nature of the preferences of Vietnamese consumers: (2) the importance of household labour, especially that provided by females, in the husbandry of pigs held by households; (3) the existence, or otherwise, of scale economies as a function of the number of pigs held by households, (4) the import dependence for pig food of Vietnam’s pig industry and the way in which it varies with the number of pigs kept by households; (5) specialization in pig production, (6) regional differences in the economics of pig production; (7) economic discrimination in the supply of inputs to household producers of pigs and in their sale of pigs; (8) the size of pig-holdings and the use of professional services, such as veterinary services and extension services; and (9) findings about miscellaneous matters, such as the genetic composition of the pig stock. …”
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