Audios

On International Women’s Day, the three Rome-based agencies hosted a roundtable debate on closing the gender gap in agriculture. An international panel of experts debated the costs of gender inequality for agricultural productivity, poverty and hunger and discussed appropriate action to be taken. 

A new approach to technical capacity development, based on an exposure and dialogue methodology, is being piloted by FAO's Gender, Equity and Rural Employment Division. FAO has implemented partnerships with host organizations, such as the Self-Employed Women’s Organization of India (SEWA) to better understand the challenges that poor food insecure people face, and allow rural populations to directly express their needs.  1. Ms Esther Njomo Omam, Executive Director of Reach Out Cameroon, sheds light on some lessons learned after her return from India in December 2010. 2. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), along with FAO and WFP, brings support to such initiatives. Ms Maria Hartl...

Marcela Villarreal, Director of FAO's Gender, Equity and Rural Employment Division, talks about FAO's new Policy on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples. (In French).

FAO's Marcela Villarreal talks about the 2010 ECOSOC Annual Ministerial Review that will focus on the theme: Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to gender equality and empowerment of women.

Diana Tempelman, FAO Senior Officer for Gender and Development, explains how FAO's Agri-Gender Statistics Toolkit has helped to bring out key information on gender and agriculture in Tanzania.

Richard Trenchard shares observations on gender-related challenges in Haiti, where he contributed to Emergency Operations as an FAO Assessments Co-ordinator.

Marcela Villarreal, Director of FAO's Gender, Equity and Rural Employment Division, highlights the need to include a gender perspective in the implementation of development programmes and policies.

FAO's Eve Crowley of the Gender, Equity and Rural Employment Division talks about the challenges facing African agriculture and calls for more investment in women.