News
G(irls)20 summit: closing the gender gap in agriculture
In this guest blog post, Eve Crowley, FAO Deputy Director for Gender, Equity and Rural Employment, who will be one of the panelists at The G(irls)20 Summit, speaks about the crucial role women and girls play in their households and communities and the need to create opportunities for them to participate in decision-making. Originally published on The Huffington Post.
Resources
Rural women and the Millennium Development Goals
In the developing world, women are the backbone of rural economies. Yet, with only a few exceptions, rural women fare worse than rural men and urban women and men for every MDG indicator for which data are available.
Insight
Rural women’s empowerment: A long road ahead
Advancing rural women’s economic empowerment and access to decent rural employment, supporting associations in giving them a stronger voice in decision-making, and fostering their better access to land are three priority areas in enabling rural women to realize their full potential for food and nutrition security.
