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Small Hold Farmers Benefit From Grants

22 April 2013: In this video, Chris Colmar from Sarami Plantation explains how an AusAID grant through the Enterprise Challenge Fund enabled them to work with smallholder farmers in Vanuatu to improve cattle production.

Coffey Expert Discusses Demographic Changes’ Impacts on Labour Markets

27 March 2013: Coffey’s Piotr Stronkowski joined a panel of experts last week to discuss the implications of changing demographics and an ageing society on labour markets.

26-year-old Moroccan Woman Learns to Read After Denied Schooling Because of Disability

08 March 2013: In her secluded village of Mzaourou, Morocco, neighbors told Najat Ghazwani about the Kifayate Project, a vocational literacy program. 

Patience Agyare-Kwabi: A Dedication to Women’s Empowerment

08 March 2013: Her friends and family told her that she would never get a good job if she studied gender and development. Fifteen years later, Patience Agyare-Kwabi is writing a book about the more than 50 gender and development projects she has worked on, with organisations such as the UN, EU, DFID, Danida and the World Bank.

Meet our Gender Advisors - Darcy Ashman

06 March 2013: Darcy works with MSI as the Washington D.C. based gender practice leader. She has over 25 years' experience in international development as a gender and civil society advisor, researcher, trainer, evaluator and manager.

Championing Women's Rights in Bangladesh

06 March 2013: Trimita Chakma’s passion for development and gender equality extends well beyond her work as Alumni and MIS Manager of the Australia Awards in South Asia. Her work in combating violence against women was recognised with her selection as one of the delegates from Bangladesh for the 7th Annual Asia 21 Young Leaders Summit held in December last year.

International Women's Day - A PNG Perspective from Rosemary Green

05 March 2013: Rosemary Green is our Papua New Guinea Country Manager. With International Women's Day approaching, she spoke to us on the progression of women's equality in international development with an emphasis on the PNG perspective.

Coffey Launches New Blog

05 March 2013: Coffey’s Human and Social Development practice has launched a new blog, creating a forum for sharing observations and opinions in its areas of expertise: gender, education, health, social protection and voice and accountability.

Meet our Gender Advisors

05 March 2013: At Coffey, we have a team of dedicated Gender Advisors and Specialists working on our projects and in our corporate offices ensuring that gender analysis and empowerment are included as essential cross-cutting initiatives in each of our programs.

A selection of our gender experts are profiled here.

Breaking Gender Barriers in Aceh

05 March 2013: Working in a non-traditional role in a patriarchal culture, Noor Alam Wirasendjaja is playing an important role in policy change and reform in the education sector in Aceh, Indonesia.

Scaling Up in India to Improve Maternal Health

04 March 2013: With support from the MacArthur and the Packard Foundations, MSI spent the last nine years developing, applying and disseminating methods and tools for scaling up innovative solutions to address major social problems in the developing world.

Education the Path to Gender Equality in Sri Lanka

04 March 2013: Dr Hemamali Palihakkara is Country Scholarship Coordinator for the AusAID-funded Australia Awards in Sri Lanka, and one of Sri Lanka’s most senior educators.