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New FAO data highlights gender gap in food insecurity across regions
25/09/2017
Women are more likely to be food insecure than men in every region of the world, according to FAO’s latest report on the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2017.
Leaving no one behind: FAO special event highlights rural women’s role in achieving global food and nutrition security
17/07/2017
Gender equality and women’s empowerment is central to FAO’s work in eradicating hunger and poverty, as it is to the entire 2030 Agenda. This was a key message among several discussed at the recent Special Event on “Leaving no one behind: Achieving gender
FAO Director-General urges countries to recognize the vital role of rural women in freeing the world from hunger and poverty
05/07/2017
A special event looks into ways to achieve gender equality for food security, nutrition and sustainable development.
Notimex joins the #MujeresRurales, mujeres con derechos campaign (#RuralWomen, women with rights)
19/06/2017
Notimex will produce and disseminate news content to raise awareness about rural women's key role in achieving sustainable development.
The Sustainable Healthy Schools Programme is launched in Chiquimula
19/06/2017
The rural school Escuela Oficial Rural Mixta “Los Vados” is the first of twelve that will implement the sustainable healthy school model in the department of Chiquimula.
UN report finds gender inequalities persisting in rural Armenia
19/06/2017
More than 40 percent of economically active women in Armenia are employed in agriculture, compared to about 30 percent of men.
FAO delivers message of solidarity at ECOWAS ministerial session on gender equality
21/04/2017
A strong call to ECOWAS member countries to empower women in agriculture.
FAO contributes to dialogue on women’s empowerment
04/04/2017
A Gambian side-event at CSW61 called for reliable data and information for the elaboration of gender responsive policies.
Enhancing social protection as a critical component of reducing rural poverty and gender inequality
22/03/2017
“Social protection can be a powerful tool to break the negative spiral of gender inequalities,” said Ms. Carla Mucavi, Director of the FAO Liaison Office to the United Nations in New York in her remarks at a side event during the sixty-first session of
Reaffirmed commitment towards implementing anti-discrimination treaty for women
22/03/2017
Continuing the strong momentum from three side events on the opening day of the sixty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61), another side event on “Empowering rural and indigenous women to achieve food security and nutrition” took
Striving to leave no one behind: FAO kicks off 2017 Commission on Status of Women with three side events on empowering rural women
22/03/2017
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) contributed prominently to the sixty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61) with three side events on 13 March, the opening day of the two-week session.
In Tirana, Albania: an international conference on women’s access to land
20/03/2017
Women's land rights are vital to every country’s development. Yet, those rights are routinely violated, denied, or simply not enforced.
In Latin America and the Caribbean: a campaign for the empowerment of rural women
20/03/2017
A regional campaign, launched on International Women's Day by the FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, will focus on the empowerment of rural women towards sustainable development.
Women in Latin America and the Caribbean face greater poverty and obesity compared to men
20/03/2017
In Latin America, 40% of rural women over the age of 15 do not have their own income, although they work on a daily basis, unpaid. In addition, rural women in the region only have a fraction of the land, credit, productive inputs and education that men do
UN agencies in Rome step up on gender equality to end hunger and poverty
08/03/2017
Leaders from the three UN Rome-based agencies today marked International Women's Day by reinforcing their commitments to step up efforts to invest in the capacities of rural women as key agents of change in building a world without hunger.
FAO study on value chains points to opportunities for Albanian women
01/03/2017
Starting or participating in an agrifood business could make good sense for women in poor rural areas of Albania. A new study identifies several business ideas and examines value chains and markets with potential for improving women’s incomes.
New book on gender equality and social protection in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
28/02/2017
Written by economists, sociologists, and gender specialists and practitioners from twelve post-Soviet countries in Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia, the publication reviews and analyzes issues that sit at the intersection of gender equality
Indigenous women from Panama design action plans to ensure food security
17/02/2017
This program, led by FAO, FIMI and CONAMUIP, aims to provide indigenous women with advocacy tools that allow them to influence public policies, programs and budgets that impact their communities.
FAO conference in Vilnius focuses on gender equality
14/02/2017
Challenge: How to make sure rural women benefit from economic growth?
CELAC adopts gender approach to ensure the impact of its hunger eradication plan
10/02/2017
A fundamental first step is to incorporate the gender approach into the legal frameworks, laws and policies regarding food security in the region.