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The Bane of the Gender Gap in STEM Leadership: How Can we Plug it?
(2008 Malawian AWARD Fellow, Victoria Ndolo) That the world continues to be plagued by a yawning gender gap, depriving it of massive untapped resources, cannot be overstated. As we commemorated International Women’s Day 2021, we purposed to sustain the conversation on women in leadership through a month-long campaign that spotlighted women leading agricultural research culminating […]
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The Sixth International Conference for Women in Science Without Borders
November 3-5, 2021 ? Nairobi Kenya 2021 The University of Embu will host the 6th International Conference for Women in Science Without Borders from November 3rd to 5th 2021 in Nairobi. Women in Science Without Borders (WISWB) is a gender-inclusive initiative and network of scientists from over 60 countries worldwide. This is a conference series […]
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Announcing AWARD Director Transition
Dear friends, This month marks exactly seven years since I began in my role as AWARD Director. In those seven years, we have successfully built upon the foundation laid by my predecessor, Vicki Wilde, and today AWARD is recognized across the continent and globally as a leading champion for gender-responsive agricultural research. It is with […]
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Ice-cold Innovation to Reduce Postharvest Losses
The adage “waste not, want not” is University of Nairobi horticultural researcher Dr. Jane Ambuko’s vision for her own country and for Africa, where the equivalent of four billion dollars worth of food is lost annually due to inefficiencies across the agricultural value chain after crops are harvested, according to a study by the Alliance for a […]
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Malawian Farmers Learn to Earn More from Their Sweet Potato Crops
Sharing her knowledge and expertise about sweet-potato breeding, AWARD Fellow Dr. Felistus Chipungu encouraged a group of Malawian farmers to look at new applications and techniques for their sweet potato crops. Her successful training event, held at the Nsikawanjala extension planning area in Mulanje district, drew some 200 farmers, the majority of whom were women. […]
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Zambian Girls Gain Fresh Perspectives on Agricultural Science
AWARD Fellow Nkumbu Mutwale, a research officer at the Zambia Agriculture Research Institute, recently spoke to some 250 female students at Kabunda Girls Secondary School in Mansa, Zambia, a poor rural area where people earn their livelihoods through fishing and cassava cultivation. Early marriages are common here and education is not always valued. “I met […]
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Nigerian and Zambian AWARD Country Chapters Partner to Convene a Dialogue
Commemorating this year’s International Women’s day theme calling for collective action to #choosetochallenge, AWARD’s country chapters, Nigerian Women in Agricultural Research and Development (NiWARD), and Zambian Women in Agricultural Research and Development (ZaWARD), partnered toward a webinar to strengthen their working relations and expose them to more career opportunities. Held on March 8, 2021, the […]
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Kenyan Women in Agricultural Research and Development steps up to empower agricultural communities
Monday, October 16, 2017, marked a day of celebration within the African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) community. On that day, Kenyan Women in Agricultural Research and Development (Ke-AWARD), one of AWARD’s country chapters, held its first Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Business Pitch at the Kenya Agriculture & Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) […]
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#IWD2021: Voices of Women in Agricultural Research
As we mark this year’s International Women’s Day themed ‘Women in Leadership: Achieving an Equal Future in a COVID-19 World’, we celebrate some of the AWARD Fellows leading agricultural research across Africa and beyond. They share their views on achieving an equal future in the face of a pandemic and their [organizations] contributions toward COVID-19 […]
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Announcing the ‘Women Leading in Times of Crisis’ Virtual Learning Program
We are excited to announce our new cutting-edge virtual learning program focusing on women and leadership. As the world continues to experience severe disruptions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, effective leadership is not only essential but urgent. From navigating economic uncertainty to food insecurity to assuring the health and well-being of those you lead, strengthening […]
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