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The latest news and information on gender equality and women's empowerment
Women in Fisheries as Agents of Change to Reduce FLW
26/01/2021
Women in fisheries need to be seen and acknowledged, gain equal rights and equal access to credit and technology, and have equal say in decision-making and policy processes.
How Does Gender Influence Food Loss and Waste in Fish Value Chains?
29/12/2020
Tackling gender inequality and its relationship with food loss in fish value chains is a development priority and requires a multi-stakeholder approach, involving small-scale value chain actors, development partners and all those who can make a difference
Engaging young women and men in rural and agriculture development and resilience building in the face of COVID-19 and beyond
16/12/2020
Empowering young women and men entails supporting youth-led and youth-serving organizations in their capacity to represent and engage young people while strengthening their social capital.
Reducing poverty among rural youth and women in Ethiopia
11/12/2020
“More than the money I am making, I am happy to be working on my own small livestock business which I can develop into something big,” he said.
Transforming women’s lives in Côte d’Ivoire through adapted fish smoking technology
11/12/2020
Women from other districts in Côte d’Ivoire, and even from neighbouring countries, have since come to learn about the group dynamics and operation of the techniques so they can use them too.
Food loss is a gender issue
11/12/2020
Although one worker in two in fisheries and aquaculture is a woman, women are invisible in the industry and their work unrecognized and under-estimated.
A paradigm shift to achieve gender equality and food security
10/12/2020
FAO, IFAD and WFP launch a Compendium of Good Practices on Gender Transformative Approaches for Food Security and Nutrition.
16-Days Activism against Gender-Based Violence in Merged Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
10/12/2020
FAO in Pakistan is striving to reduce the inequality gap between rural women and men in access to productive resources, services and rural institutions.
At FAO’s virtual tea, Female World Activists raise voice in unison against Gender-based Violence
07/12/2020
The last of this year’s VirtualiTeas, a series of events organized by FAO’s Women Committee, was held in support of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence.
Goodwill Ambassadors stand in solidarity with Gender-based Violence Survivors
26/11/2020
Launched on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the video production was led by UN Women and WFP together with FAO, UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNODC, and WHO.
Women sustaining forests in Uzbekistan
23/11/2020
If forests are “dwindling”, how would the family survive on only a small, partial income from the sale of seedlings and fruit, and growing wheat and raising livestock?
#SheFeedstheWorld – Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment for a Food Secure World
19/11/2020
As COVID-19 exposed the vulnerability in our food system, this briefing underscored why empowering women and closing the gender gap is central to addressing global food security and why women need to be at the center of COVID-19 response efforts.
Transformative approaches to advance gender equality for food security and nutrition
11/11/2020
In marking International Day of Rural Women, FAO, IFAD and WFP organized a virtual event attended by nearly 300 participants who tuned in from the four corners of the globe.
Webinar on “Addressing gender impacts of COVID-19: Experiences from Pakistan”
04/11/2020
The COVID-19 pandemic calls for an instant synchronized, people-centered and gender-sensitive response.
Empowering women to leave no one behind
28/10/2020
Improving women's status and harnessing their potential as "food heroes" will be critical to ending hunger in Africa, the report argues.
Meet the women revolutionising Peru’s fishing sector
15/10/2020
For Marisol, the success of their female-led business is more than just economic.
We stand with rural women for sustainable agriculture and development
15/10/2020
On the International Day of Rural Women, FAO urges the recognition of women’s significant role in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security, and eradicating rural poverty.
Make a difference for rural women and girls
14/10/2020
This year’s International Day of Rural Women theme is “Building rural women’s resilience in the wake of COVID-19”.
How Gail Taylor is leading the way to urban farming in Washington, DC
06/10/2020
This food hero is promoting pathways for people to have access to public and private lands to grow food to nourish people in urban areas, while shortening the distance from farm to fork
“Autonomy, empowerment and independence don’t come overnight”
02/10/2020
KWDT encourages the local women to form groups, as a way of strengthening women’s voices and helping protect them from violence.