FAO, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the World Food Programme (WFP) and UN Women convened an Expert Group Meeting from the 20-23 September 2011 in Accra, Ghana to identify strategies and recommendations to enhance the economic

أوردت منظمة الأغذية والزراعة للأمم المتحدة "FAO" في دليلٍ جديد من إصدارها بعنوان "إصلاح نُظم الحيازة الحرجية" أن إصلاح حيازة الأراضي الحرجية وضمان حقوق الملكيّة في الغابات بوسعه أن ينهَض بموارد معيشة الشعوب إلى حدٍ بعيد وأن ُيمكِّن السكان ذوي الشأن من إدر

The vital role of women in agriculture and rural development was the theme of the thirty-seventh session of the biennial FAO Governing Conference (25 June-2 July 2011).

Worldwide 215 million children are engaged in child labour, and of these 115 million are involved in what is considered to be hazardous work. Agriculture is the sector where the largest share of child labourers is found - a staggering 60 percent of boys a

The FAO-Dimitra Project recently launched a handbook for all development practitioners, which examines the need to include gender in communication for rural development initiatives and provides guidance on achieving this successfully.

ذكرت منظمة الأغذية والزراعة للأمم المتحدة "FAO" اليوم في أحدث إصدارٍ لها من تقريرها السنوي الجامع "حالة الأغذية والزراعة" للفترة 2010- 2011، أن النساء في المناطق الريفية إن امتلَكن إمكانيات الوصول إلى موارد الأراضي والتكنولوجيا والخدمات المالية والتعليم و

ذكر تقريرٌ مشترك بين وكالات الأمم المتّحدة حول البُعد الجنساني في النشاط الزراعي أنّ نساء الريف يستفِدن أقل من الرجال في مجال العمَالة الريفية ويواجِهن تحدياتٍ مُستَجَدة من جرَّاء الأوضاع الاقتصادية الراهنة والأزمات الغذائية القائمة.

سياسةٌ جديدة لدَمج المجتمعات القبليّة في صميم أنشطتها الإنمائية

October 2010 marked the 10th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, which highlights the importance of involving women in all aspects of peacekeeping and peacebuilding to conserve peace, security and livelihoods.

Agricultural cooperatives can be an effective means to empower women in rural areas and help them to overcome the constraints they face, the Food and Agriculture Organization said in a statement released for the 16th International Day of Cooperatives.

Tackling hunger requires moving from talk to action in ensuring that women farmers have equal access to agricultural resources and an equal voice in decision making at all levels, FAO said this week, as a high-level UN meeting put gender equality and wome

Turning the tide against hunger will require taking urgent action on gender inequality, one of the main obstacles to food and nutrition security, the Food and Agriculture Organization said on the eve of a high-level UN meeting on gender equality and the e

Developing decent work opportunities for both women and men, especially young people new to the labour market, will be the focus of a global summit in Sweden on the future of employment.

FAO took part in a global conference on child labour in The Hague, The Netherlands, to put the spotlight on the key role that agriculture must play in eliminating hazardous and exploitative work for girls and boys.

The crucial role of women in food production worldwide and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals was the focus of a panel discussion held 22 April 2010 at UN Headquarters in New York

استحدثت المنظمة مجموعة من الأدوات الجديدة تهدف إلى زيادة التركيز على جهود مكافحة الفقر والتنمية عبر مساعدة البلدان على جمع معلومات أكثر دقة حول أدوار ومسؤوليات الرجال والنساء في الزراعة.

FAO urges focus on rural women’s empowerment and gender equality to meet the commitments made in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action

Rome-based UN agencies FAO, World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) marked International Women’s Day by pledging to help women affected by the Haiti earthquake make the challenging transition from emergenc

The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) is conducting a comprehensive gender review, which will lay the groundwork for the development of a strategy to ensure inclusion of gender-responsive actions into FAO’s work at the national, regional

"يكتسي تمكين المرأة وتحقيق المساواة بين الجنسين أهمية خاصة في تصوّر منظمة الأغذية والزراعة لعالم خالٍ من الجوع وسوء التغذية". - جاك ضيوف