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Item Barefoot College : case study(Development Alternatives, New Delhi, IN, 2011) Development AlternativesTraining has been provided in habitat services to 15,000 women in solar engineering, mechanical repair and fabrication (such as hand pump mechanics), solar cooker engineering, and masonry. Women generally work in groups, which helps them support each other. Men are included in courses, but once skilled tend to migrate to cities. Support from the women’s husbands and family is mostly in the form of allowing them to do the work without neglecting household chores. Women show immense capability and determination to learn; they realize the importance of quality, and their work is often superior to men’s production. Corruption at governance levels is a continuing problem.Item Darshna Mahila Kalyan Samiti (DMKS) : case study(Development Alternatives, New Delhi, IN, 2011) Development AlternativesThe Darshna Mahila Kalyan Samiti (DMKS) started a training programme for master masons in Bamari Village, Chattarpur district, under the Poorest Area Civil Society Programme (PACs). They also mobilized women to take up training in constructing habitat products such as roofing tiles, fencing poles and cement pots. Since agricultural labour is seasonal and rarely meets their basic needs, the work provides a regular income throughout the year. DMKS staff say the women are more efficient in marketing and sales than their male counterparts, are extremely aware of the rates, and never get fleeced. Limited supply of electricity is a major problem.Item Entrepreneurship and skills development through school-based enterprises : has it worked for women?(LEAD Pakistan, 2011)This report details the findings of the Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD Pakistan) study into school-based enterprises. Women entrepreneurs are contributors largely to the informal economy, unable to move ahead. A major obstacle remains lack of relevant skills, both vocational and entrepreneurial. Evidence from the field research in Paraguay and consultations with stakeholders in Pakistan clearly point to the strength of the model of school-based enterprises or self-sufficient schools. LEAD undertook research in Paraguay, to learn how successful school-based enterprises embed entrepreneurship education into technical and vocational education and training (TVET) courses.Item Entrepreneurship and Skills Development through School-based Enterprises : Has it worked for women?; Panel Discussion on “Gender and Entrepreneurship - Exploring the Potential of Self Sufficient schools as a model of Entrepreneurship, Skills Development and Income Generation”(LEAD Pakistan, Islamabad, PK, 2010-09) Nisar Bhutta, GulnazLEAD Pakistan is a think tank, inspiring sustainable development across diverse sectors, with a focus on environment, climate change and development issues. This report provides an update on LEAD initiatives in education with a brief review of panel discussions regarding business development training.Item Entrepreneurship and Skills Development through School-Based Enterprises : Has it worked for women?; Workshop on Self-sufficient schools - a new model of entrepreneurship, skills development and income generation’(LEAD Pakistan, Islamabad, PK, 2010-09) Nisar Bhutta, GulnazIn many developing countries, including Pakistan, Technical and Vocational Education (TVET) is under-valued, under-prioritised and therefore under-funded, leaving little room for institutes to experiment with new methodologies for design and delivery of training. LEAD Pakistan is conducting research on a ‘self-sufficient’ school model, and to identify potential partners to develop a business plan. After learning about successes in Paraguay, workshops were held in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad with invited stakeholders and possible partners to discuss facilitation of the school-based enterprise model of education.Item Estrategia para la implementación del enfoque de género en el PNRT-Papa(2012) Yumisaca, Fausto; Monteros, Cecilia; Antezana, Ivonne; Andrade, JorgeItem Exploring the Potential of Rural Women in Habitat Services, 13th May 2011, Willow Room, Habitat Centre, New Delhi(Development Alternatives, New Delhi, IN, 2011) Development AlternativesThis brief describes objectives of Development Alternatives (DA) to highlight the potential innovation and contributions of women to habitat services and the construction sector. The workshop aims to share the findings of the study on women as skilled workers and arrive at consensus on a dissemination strategy for influencing future policy. It is part of the larger project “Mutually Reinforcing Role of Women in Livelihood Services: Researching the case of India.”Item Fortalecimiento del enfoque de género y empoderamiento en el Enfoque Participativo en Cadenas Productivas (EPCP), plataformas de concertación y evaluación horizontal : guía de pautas(Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP), Lima, PE, 2010) Aviles, Denis; Antezana, Ivonne; Salazar, Magaly; Yumisaca, Fausto; Fonseca, CristinaItem Gender and Innovation a Cross cutting program theme : Innovation Technology and Society; IDRC, January 12, 13 and 14, 2009(IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2009) Ravichandran, VeenaThe role of women in innovation processes and the impacts on their lives are not well understood. This PowerPoint presentation focuses on questions that address gender imbalance in research, and introduces the Gender and Innovation program launch, which entails eight different country perspectives on gender and innovation in different sectors; agricultural innovation and technology; technology and innovation in water resource management; livelihoods and enterprises; and governance and decision making. It asks “Individually and collectively, what lessons can be learnt for policy and institutional changes through innovations that are more inclusive of gender perspectives?”Item Gender and innovation in South Asia(2008) Byravan, SujathaItem Gender and Innovation Knowledge and Communication Platform(2011-05)The presentation provides information about the inception of an online platform/website for knowledge sharing and dialogue that supports the Gender and Innovation programme. Partners and ongoing projects are enumerated, with an outline of how the programme will function, along with possibilities for website design.Item Gender and Innovation Knowledge and Communication Platform (GIKCP) : final technical report(Society for Development Alternatives, New Delhi, IN, 2011) Banerjee, Mitu; Nandy, Priyanka; Roy, PriyankaA key objective of the Gender and Innovation platform is to disseminate knowledge on the subject of innovation by and for women. It captures research on, and examples of, innovative activities whose relevance is determined through evaluations of their impact, outreach, and range of potential effects. This report outlines themes developed from the platform such as science and technology; basic needs; livelihoods; entrepreneurship; media and culture. It also reports on the web portal design and implementation, as well as the Gender and Innovation Newsletter, “Imagine.”Item Gender and Innovation Workshop, 12 to 14 January 2010, India International Centre, New Delhi : workshop report(Development Alternatives, 2010) Development AlternativesThe inception workshop brings together eight research teams to learn from each other and locate knowledge gaps on women’s role in innovation systems. The research projects are conducted in the areas of governance and decision making, agriculture, habitat-based livelihoods, enterprises for women, and involvement and influence of women in integrated water resource management.Item Gender and the agricultural innovation system in rural Afghanistan : barriers and bridges(Afghanistan Public Policy Research Organization (APPRO), 2011)The paper establishes the extent to which women contribute to social and economic value-adding activities in the agriculture sector. Mainstreaming women in agricultural production requires a systemic understanding of the organization(s) of production and needs to be based on local geography, gender relations, and other local factors. Afghan women’s role in rural agricultural production needs to be differentiated from other rural value chains studies from around the world. For instance, even when women have come through the hurdles of working relatively independently of the men in their families, they are confronted with dismissal and being sidestepped by male traders.Item Gender and the Agricultural Innovation System in Rural Afghanistan: Barriers and Bridges(2011-08) Parto, SaeedThe presentation outlines research that examined gender dynamics in order to identify the impediments to greater involvement of women in a full range of production from farm to market. The study mapped the agricultural innovation system in three value chains: Grape/Raisin, Almond, and Saffron production. The larger technical report “Gender and the agricultural innovation system in rural Afghanistan; barriers and bridges” can be found here http://hdl.handle.net/10625/49027Item Gender in/and science, technology and innovation policy : an overview of current literature and findings; strategic commissioned paper(2007) Buré, ClaireThis paper aims to contribute to a more plural research and policy structure within science, technology and innovation (STI) capacity building processes, to allow for a gender analysis where gender concerns are primarily left unacknowledged. Women still face personal, educational and occupational barriers within science, technology and innovation processes. Yet gender inequalities can have adverse consequences on effective policy implementation and strategy. STI policy must take gender (and the social and organizational factors which affect gender inequalities) into account. Beyond the equality argument, this is based on a straightforward – yet critical – skill-based argument that STI processes need to tap into the pool that is women, particularly while emerging industrial countries are increasingly focused on building STI capacity, and development agencies are looking for ways to support that process.Item Gender innovation and water : minimum agenda for plugging the hole(lnstitute of Envonmental and Water Studies (IEWS), Birzeit University (BZU), Birzeit, West Bank, PS, 2011)This bulletin advocates for institutional uptake and increased capacity in effective gender representation, as an innovation approach, and as part of systems of innovation in water laws, policies and projects. It presents means of inclusion within the environmental projects cycle of design and implementation, where gender perspectives can be taken seriously. Women's work and innovative capabilities are too often invisible and unrecognized, and their innovative practices are not given necessary attention by planners.
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