Noticias
Últimas noticias e información sobre igualdad de género y empoderamiento de la mujerEl acto de Nueva York pone de relieve el papel crucial de la mujer rural en la Agenda de Desarrollo Post-2015
20/10/2014
La Agenda de Desarrollo Post-2015 debería dar alta prioridad a las mujeres rurales y a su papel en la erradicación de la pobreza – he aquí el mensaje clave de los panelistas que participaron, el 15 de octubre, en el acto especial que celebraba el Día Inte
El aprendizaje electrónico promueve la igualdad de género
13/10/2014
Un programa conjunto UE-FAO aborda las necesidades de formación de los profesionales de la agricultura y la seguridad alimentaria.
Land matters for women, indigenous peoples and a food secure world
30/09/2014
Securing land rights for vulnerable groups is a necessary step towards achieving greater food security and equality. Land carries social, cultural and economic value, but many find themselves without access to its benefits as a result of exclusionary prac
High-level meeting at UN headquarters to focus on women's right to land
22/09/2014
FAO Deputy Director-General for Knowledge, Maria Helena Semedo, will speak at United Nations Headquarters this week, during a high-level Ministerial breakfast meeting on gender equality in land ownership.
Bite-sized stories: determination and decisions in Gujarat and Lesotho
16/06/2014
A set of stories that illustrate some of the challenges that rural women farmers face every day, the determined and dynamic ways in which they decide to deal with them, and the ways in which their ingenuity and perseverance lead to greater food security,
Land ownership still lagging for women in Western Balkans
14/05/2014
Joint FAO-World Bank project aims to enable change through data-gathering, education.
Empoderar a las mujeres en la agricultura
07/03/2014
La FAO destaca el papel de la igualdad de género para acabar con el hambre y promover sistemas alimentarios sostenibles, al celebrar el Día Internacional de la Mujer
Pequeñas historias: las agricultoras rurales en Gujarat, India
15/10/2013
Una serie de historias que ilustran, con ejemplos de la vida real, cómo las agricultoras rurales en Gujarat, India, encontraron soluciones a los desafíos a los que se enfrentaban.
Las mujeres son las principales guardianas de la diversidad ganadera
05/11/2012
Un nuevo estudio sostiene que para conservar con éxito las razas, hay que empoderar a las mujeres.
ONU Mujeres, la FAO, el FIDA y el PMA: el empoderamiento de las mujeres rurales, requisito previo para la seguridad alimentaria mundial
27/09/2012
ONU Mujeres y las tres agencias de las Naciones Unidas ubicadas en Roma y dedicadas a la alimentación y la agricultura han lanzado hoy un programa conjunto para apoyar el empoderamiento de las mujeres rurales pobres a través de su integración económica qu
FAO, IFAD, WFP and UN Women launch a five-year multi-agency programme to empower rural women
13/07/2012
FAO's Director General José Graziano da Silva, the Executive Director of UN Women, Michelle Bachelet, the Executive Director of WFP, Ertharin Cousin, and representatives of IFAD participated in a high-level meeting at the WFP headquarters to discuss a 5-y
New gender and land profiles shed light on women’s rights in Central Asia
25/06/2012
The Gender and Land Rights database (GLRD) launches five new country profiles from Central Asia: Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, available in English and Russian.
G(irls)20 summit: closing the gender gap in agriculture
29/05/2012
The G(irls)20 Summit, taking place in Mexico in advance of the G20 meeting, brings together young women, aged 18-20, from G20 countries and the African Union to look at the G20 leaders’ agenda through the lens of the economic empowerment and inclusion of
International Women’s Day: Inspiring better futures for young rural women
13/03/2012
Creating better opportunities for young women in rural areas was the focus of the UN Rome-based agencies’ -- the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the World Food Programme (WFP) and FAO -- commemoration of International Women’s Day t
Día Internacional de la Mujer: la FAO promueve una política de igualdad de géneros
08/03/2012
Mejores oportunidades para las mujeres y jóvenes significa potenciar la lucha contra el hambre y la pobreza
Gender gap imposes large costs on agriculture, economies and society
27/02/2012
"Rural women are active economic agents who could unleash major advancements in hunger eradication and development if they were able to participate equally with men in the agricultural economy,” said FAO Deputy Director-General Ann Tutwiler, speaking at t
Empowering Rural Women: CSW 2012’s Priority
27/02/2012
The 56th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the principal global policy-making body committed to gender equality and the advancement of women, meets 27 February- 9 March in New York and is this year dedicated to rural women’s empowerm
FAO launches website dedicated to closing the gender gap in agriculture
19/12/2011
FAO today launched the “Men and women in agriculture: closing the gap” website, dedicated to the organization’s latest research and knowledge to close the gender gap in agriculture to achieve food security for all.
The United Nations Rome-based agencies committed to supporting agricultural cooperatives
31/10/2011
The UN launched the International Year of Cooperatives 2012 (IYC) on October 31 at the General Assembly in New York. On this occasion, FAO, IFAD and WFP held a side event on the role of agricultural cooperatives in improving the lives of smallholder men a
Investing in gender equality at the heart of food security
24/10/2011
Gender equality was discussed as a prominent factor of food security at FAO’s celebration of World Food Day 2011 and throughout the 37th session of the United Nations Committee on Global Food Security (CFS), held at headquarters 17-22 October.