The Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project Phase Two (GAAP2) aims to develop an index to measure women’s empowerment in agricultural development projects. This index builds on the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), which was created for large-scale agricultural development programs. The project-level WEAI will be tailored to diagnose disempowerment through indicators relevant to specific, >> Read more
Bangladesh Midterm Meeting
BRAC (formerly an acronym for the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee) is known world-wide for providing microfinance, education, and health services to poor people. Well-established in Bangladesh since 1972, it has since expanded across Asia and into Sub-Saharan Africa. It receives support from individual donations and grants from the big funders such as the Nike and >> Read more
Materials from mid term workshop avaliable online
The mid-term workshop of the Gender Agriculture and Assets Project (GAAP) was held between November 3rd and 6th at the BRAC center in Rajendrapur Bangladesh. Representatives from implementing teams and M&E partners of all portfolio projects were in attendance. Over the course of three days project team members shared their progress to date, discussed challenges >> Read more