Senior Lecturer @ukm_my | Former Post-doc @WorldFishCenter | PhD in Social Work | My opinions are my own |
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Surendran Rajaratnam retweeted
Academic jargon is suffocating your understanding of concepts.
Your writing lacks depth because you don't understand these terms.
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I'll DM you this handy guide in Google Sheets to explain scientific terminology (must be following).
ALT A handy guide to explaining scientific terminology: Causal Mechanism Constructivism Critical Multiplism Critical Realism Deconstruction Dialectics Empiricism Epistemology Existentialism Fallibilism Hermeneutics Incommensurability Irrealism Materialism Naturalism Objectivism Ontology Paradigm Paradigm Wars Phenomenology Philosophical Position Positivism Post-positivism Post-Structuralism Pragmatism Rationalism Realism Reflexivity Relativism Structuralism Subjectivism Tendency Theory-dependent knowledge production Theory-determined knowledge production Theory-Ladenness Underdetermination.
Surendran Rajaratnam retweeted
New @npjOceanSustain paper finds tension in responsibility debates among 243 scientists working on ocean-climate innovations. Debates oscillated between protecting scientific autonomy at one extreme, & moral duty for socially just futures at the other rdcu.be/dVqLU 1/3
Surendran Rajaratnam retweeted
We successfully concluded a three-day peer learning event for @AQUADAPT_CA initiative with 80+ partners in Malaysia! 🇲🇾
AQUADAPT focuses on creating resilient and sustainable aquaculture food systems for climate vulnerable communities in Asia-Pacific.
Idrc-crdi.ca/en/initiative/a…
Surendran Rajaratnam retweeted
Qualitative data is key to unpacking gender issues beyond surface statistics.
📑 This free training toolkit provides practical guidance and resources for uncovering the hidden dimensions of #gender.
Download a copy👉 bit.ly/422wYUV
@IFAD @IFPRI @BiovIntCIAT_eng #IDWGS
Surendran Rajaratnam retweeted
📣Today's the 1st day of the Inception Workshop on the '#ClimateAdaptive, Inclusive, Nature-based #Aquaculture in Malaysia & #SolomonIslands.'
📷Photos from today's discussions include clarifying roles and responsibilities, fostering collaboration and rapport, and action points.
Surendran Rajaratnam retweeted
Are you working with #GenderTransformativeApproaches❓
Download our ‘Guidelines for measuring gender transformative change in the context of food security, nutrition and sustainable agriculture’, developed by the #JPGTA 👇
📘fao.org/documents/card/en/c/…
Surendran Rajaratnam retweeted
"Challenges faced by #Rohingyas do not end after arriving in Malaysia. Their suffering is compounded by the lack of recognition of the status of refugees and asylum seekers in Malaysia," explains Dr. Surendran Rajaratnam @SurenRaj_
#MSFsciAsia
Surendran Rajaratnam retweeted
Happening today! Join us as we launch WEMNS in Rome & hear from our partners in the field who piloted this new metric for women's empowerment that's suitable for large-scale multitopic surveys.
Join us on Sept. 20 for the soft launch of #WEMNS, a streamlined tool for measuring #WomensEmpowerment, which is suitable for use by national statistical systems in large-scale, multitopic surveys.
Register & more info 👉 ow.ly/t18i50PMOl5
🤝@FAO @IFAD @gatesfoundation
Surendran Rajaratnam retweeted
This forthcoming Book in our "Springer Series in Social Work and Social Change" is based on a Doctoral thesis from India. If you have a quality, innovative & community focused thesis, do contact series Editor@ rajendra.baikady@mail.huji.ac.il. We look for quality work. @PhDVoice – at Kanhagad-Ajanur-Nileshwar, India
Surendran Rajaratnam retweeted
How can we enable #transformative gender & social change to create sustainable & climate-resilient agrifood systems? Join the @CGIARgender event w @cgiarclimate @ifpri @Green_Viewpoint @IAFFE 2023 on July 8 @9am UTC+2 youtube.com/@ARUA_ACEIR #GenderinAg #ClimBeRSocialEquity
Surendran Rajaratnam retweeted
How can we scale innovations in a gender responsive way? GenderUp, a conversational method that supports innovation teams can help make agricultural innovations available to a diverse group of users.
Read more: bit.ly/3q9JL9p #GenderinAg @BiovIntCIAT_eng @IITA_CGIAR
Surendran Rajaratnam retweeted
Check out our blog describing our work developing a Women's Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems (WEMNS). ifpri.org/blog/developing-wo… @sheelasinharoy @agnesquis @HMalapit @htkilic @erinrjohnson3 @Ruth_Meinzen_D @Cheryl_Doss
Surendran Rajaratnam retweeted
For sustainable change to occur, the roots of gender-based inequalities must be addressed. Read how the Gender Transformative Approaches (GTAs go beyond symptoms such as visible gender gaps to address underlying issues: bit.ly/42qLB46 #GenderinAg @WorldFishCenter
Surendran Rajaratnam retweeted
How can #foodsystems research address gender-based violence? What can researchers do to prevent, mitigate, and address it when they encounter it? Read more from this recent roundtable: bit.ly/441aFzU #GenderinAg @FeedtheFuture @USAID @CGIAR @EnCompass_World
Surendran Rajaratnam retweeted
📣 It’s out: @FAO The Status of Women in Agrifood systems. Read and disseminate widely!
fao.org/documents/card/en/c/…
Join the launching event in few hours to get an overview
#genderequality #womenempowerment
#womensrights
#agrifoodsystems – at Rome, Lazio
Surendran Rajaratnam retweeted
Just published! The first systematic compilation of evidence of gender-based violence #GBV in capture fisheries, led by @smangubhai w @SocialFisheries
Fisheries policies, practices and institutions can shape GBV prevention and we offer strategies to do so
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Surendran Rajaratnam retweeted
📣 In the lead-up to @womensday!
Join WorldFish's Rahma Adam in a policy webinar hosted by @IFPRI to learn about the pro-Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index for nutrition-sensitive & market-inclusive #foodsystems.
📅 2 March 2023
⏰ 22:00 (GMT+8)
👉tinyurl.com/2ffd7tx5
Surendran Rajaratnam retweeted
#DYK that @WorldFishCenter has developed the Women's Empowerment in Fisheries and Aquaculture Index (Pro-WEFI), a tool designed to capture the empowerment, agency and inclusion of #women in #fisheries and #aquaculture? ♀️🎣🌊
Learn more from @CGIARgender: bit.ly/3vLumeN
Surendran Rajaratnam retweeted
📣 To measure the impact of fisheries & aquaculture on #women empowerment & #nutrition, reliable data collection is essential.
Learn about our Women's Empowerment in Fisheries and Aquaculture Index tool. 👉tinyurl.com/38s7v3em
#AquaticFoods @CGIARgender @SurenRaj_ @afrinapup
