From shuyer at wigsat.org Fri Aug 19 09:27:27 2011 From: shuyer at wigsat.org (Sophia Huyer) Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:27:27 -0000 Subject: [Wigsat-l] G&D News 111 - Aug 2011 - AWARD announces winners of 2011 fellowships Message-ID: <8948E05D-5A7D-4036-ACFA-8B1C63BF0007@wigsat.org> You received this email because you signed up for G&D newsletter. If you cannot read this email view the online version AWARD announces winners of 2011 fellowships 70 top African women agricultural scientists from 11 countries chosen As discussions of drought and famine in the Horn of Africa continue to dominate global headlines, it is clear that ensuring the continent's food security will require mobilizing the best minds from every discipline, including women agricultural researchers. African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) is committed to building the capacity of African women scientists who are conducting pro-poor agricultural research. Today AWARD announced the 70 winners of its 2011 AWARD Fellowships. These outstanding researchers were selected from among an impressive cadre of 785 applicants from 11 African countries, bringing the total number of women in the program to 250. To see the full list of fellowship winners, please visit: http://www.awardfellowships.org/..../2011_AWARD_Fellowship_Recipients_August_18_2011.pdf. These talented women are conducting critical agricultural research that is desperately needed to feed Africa's people and help mitigate crises like we are seeing in East Africa right now. The CGIAR Gender & Diversity Program recognizes and supports these women with an AWARD Fellowship. The fellowship will help these top scientists strengthen their research and leadership skills, and enhance their contributions to poverty alleviation and food security across the continent. While the women come from diverse agricultural disciplines, they share a common passion to help smallholder farmers. Women represent less than one quarter of Africa's scientists holding positions in institutions of agricultural research, and less than one in seven (14 percent) leadership positions is held by a woman. AWARD addresses many of the barriers, including a lack of role models and mentors, which prevent African women from playing a more active role in agricultural research and from considering a career in agricultural science. The official press release announcing the 2011 AWARD Fellows can be accessed at: http://www.awardfellowships.org/media/media-kit/award-announces-winners-of-2011-fellowships.html. AWARD is a professional development program that strengthens the research and leadership skills of African women in agricultural science, empowering them to contribute more effectively to poverty alleviation and food security in sub-Saharan Africa. AWARD offers two-year fellowships focused on mentoring partnerships, science skills, and leadership development. A project of the CGIAR's Gender & Diversity Program, AWARD is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and USAID. For more information, please visit www.awardfellowships.org. AWARD in the CGIAR AWARD is a project of the CGIAR Gender & Diversity Program and both invests in, and benefits from, participation of the international agricultural research Centers. So far, 14 out of 15 CGIAR Centers are actively participating in AWARD, by supporting their staff to be an AWARD Fellow or Mentor, or by hosting an AWARD research attachment. Centers' participation in AWARD both serves the mission of the CGIAR and benefits agricultural research capacity in Africa. The 2011 round of fellowships include 3 Fellows and 7 Mentors from CGIAR Centers, bringing the total of CGIAR scientists directly involved in AWARD to 42. G&D News is a monthly newsletter by the CGIAR Gender & Diversity Program. It offers a selection of news on emerging issues and latest trends in gender and diversity within the CGIAR and beyond. To subscribe to G&D News, visit: http://www.genderdiversity.cgiar.org/newsletter/ sign_up.asp To read previous issues of G&D News, visit: http://www.genderdiversity.cgiar.org/newsletter/GD _news.asp -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 55946 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.png Type: image/png Size: 5750 bytes Desc: not available URL: From shuyer at wigsat.org Fri Aug 19 09:28:01 2011 From: shuyer at wigsat.org (Sophia Huyer) Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:28:01 -0000 Subject: [Wigsat-l] [web2fordev] Blogging competition open [Africa, Caribbean, Pacific] In-Reply-To: <3425f989-8716-4594-84ca-a00c86ed0b32@dgroups.org> Message-ID: <58D45584-70AB-4D8B-AD40-DD7BD0276591@wigsat.org> Dear Members, For more information, please follow this link: http://ijnet.org/opportunities/blogging-competition-open-africa-caribbean-pacific Deadline: 31/10/11 Young bloggers interested in agriculture can enter a competition. The Youth in Agriculture Blog Competition, sponsored by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, aims to highlight successes and challenges faced by youth engaged in agriculture in both urban and rural areas. The competition is open to young farmers, journalists and individuals from the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. To see a full list of eligible countries, click here. The blog submitted can be a newly created one, or one that already exists but which has been recently updated with content related to agriculture. Posts must be in French or English. The first prize winner will receive ?1,500 (about US$2,150). Cash prizes are also available for second and third place. For more information, please follow this link: http://ijnet.org/opportunities/blogging-competition-open-africa-caribbean-pacific Good luck Yours, Kibaya Robert Executive Director/ Founder Kikandwa Rural Communities Development Organization - KIRUCODO, P.O.BOX 494, Kikandwa Village, Mukono, Uganda. Phone: +256-712-848448, +256-414-670686 NGO Reg. 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