Ranjitha Puskur

Dr. Ranjitha Puskur is a Senior Scientist leading the gender research program at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). She has been part of the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) since 2002, working at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) where she led the research team working …

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Women farmers: The real wonder women

The United Nations has named comic book heroine Wonder Woman as a new honorary ambassador to promote messages about women's empowerment and gender-based violence. There is something to be said for having role models to inspire women to break the shackles and overcome barriers, but we do not need to look to fiction for this. …

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Your Thoughts: What Does It Mean To Be A ‘Feminist’ In Your Country?

n Rwanda, some consider feminism a dirty word, says NPR's Gregory Warner in his Invisibilia podcast. It's shorthand for too aggressive, too liberated, too selfish. Yet women in Rwanda hold 64 percent of the seats in parliament — more than any other country. What he found is that even in a country that seemingly embraces gender equality, there …

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