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This fact sheet highlights the progress of rural women against key Millennium Development Goal (MDG) indicators, pointing to some of the advancements made and gaps that still exist. 12 pp.

This newsletter focuses on particularly innovative activities that enable women to have better access to land in several African countries. Moreover, this issue’s Women’s Portraits section presents Françoise Yoda from Burkina Faso. Ms Yoda is in charge of communication and advocacy at Réseau Femmes en Action and she has considerable experience in leading and supporting rural women. 24 pp.

This country profile aims to contribute to a better understanding of gender inequalities in rural settings in Malawi, and to serve as a policy support tool to better integrate gender equity and decent rural employment in agriculture and rural development policies and programmes. 60 pp.

During the last two decades, Malawi has made numerous commitments to promote human rights and gender equity by signing and ratifying various international and regional treaties and conventions. This report examines some of the most significant signed treaties and conventions. 20 pp.