Celebrating the 2024 International Women’s Day

For the first time, the global Global Food 50/50 Report 2023/2024 extended its scope to address workplace policies crucial for fostering equal opportunities. Highlighting the imperative for inclusive solutions, the report underscores the significance of family-friendly policies as workplace necessities and fundamental human rights issues. During the celebration of the International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8, 2024, […]

CSW68 Blog: 10-year-long wait comes to an end

Romana Mbinya (right) is a Lecturer and Researcher at Kenya’s Jaramogi Oginga University of Science and Technology, where her area of interest is agricultural extension and rural development. As a beneficiary of the African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD’s) Gender Responsive Agriculture Systems Policy (GRASP) Fellowship, her policy focuses on identifying gender gaps […]

CSW68 Blog: An opportunity of a lifetime

Comfort Yelipoie is a Senior Agricultural Officer at Ghana’s Directorate of Crop Services, where she is working to review the national seed investment plan to make it gender-responsive. As a beneficiary of the African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD’s) Gender Responsive Agriculture Systems Policy (GRASP) Fellowship, Comfort was shocked when she was selected […]

CSW68 Blog: CSW dreams I bring back to Nigeria

Clara Chinwoke Ifeanyi-obi is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, in Nigeria. As a beneficiary of the African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD’s) Gender Responsive Agriculture Systems Policy (GRASP) Fellowship, Clara is working to develop a policy framework that will track the implementation of gender commitments in climate […]

New cohorts of younger climate change researchers join One Planet Fellowship

We were recently thrilled to welcome 125 young African and European career scientists into the One Planet Fellowship as Learning Partners. The Learning Partners are early career scientists in climate science research nominated by mid-career scientists (Laureate Candidates) to participate in the Fellowship’s two-tiered mentoring program and other customized training. Following admission into the Fellowship, […]

CSIR-CROPS Research Institute Celebrates Researchers: Awards Most Published Authors

Emerging African Women Scientists receive customized training to enhance their publishing skills

Science students from the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology(JKUAT) during an ‘International Day for Women and Girls in Science’ event hosted by AWARD in 2023 Guided by its new strategy 2023-2027, African Women in Agricultural Research for Development (AWARD) has a renewed commitment to enhancing the capacities of younger women to excel in […]

Special Leadership Training Designed for Younger African Climate Change Researchers in The One Planet Fellowship

In February 2024, we were delighted to convene young African researchers (under 30 years) working on climate change for an immersive leadership training as part of the One Planet Fellowship. The course is specifically designed for upcoming research leaders selected for the One Planet Fellowship and referred to as Learning Partners. The Learning Partners are emerging career scientists […]

Bridging gender-gap through transformative agricultural policies in Ethiopia

Eleven Ethiopians are among 50 African women selected in 2023 as Policy Fellows for the second cohort of the Gender Responsive Agriculture Systems Policy (GRASP) Fellowship, an initiative of African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The Policy Fellows share their expectations of the […]

AWARD at CSW 67 MARCH 6-17, 2023 , New York