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Últimas noticias e información sobre igualdad de género y empoderamiento de la mujerWomen's empowerment for food security and nutrition for all: evidence from joint UN work
06/12/2018
Measuring the impact and results of a multiagency programme on rural women’s economic empowerment.
Las mujeres y los jóvenes de las zonas rurales son clave para abordar los vínculos entre la violencia y el hambre
03/10/2018
José Graziano da Silva, el Director General de la FAO y Muhammad Yunus, el Premio Nobel de la Paz, destacan los vínculos entre la lucha contra la violencia y el hambre.
Las brechas de género están frenando el progreso de la agricultura africana
27/09/2018
La Unión Africana y la FAO piden un mayor apoyo a las mujeres rurales como agentes de cambio para acabar con el hambre.
En un campo de refugiados de Kenya, la agricultura es el camino hacia la autosuficiencia
19/09/2018
Sarah Sikatenda, refugiada de la República Democrática del Congo, cultiva ahora para alimentar a su familia y construir un futuro.
Una silla violeta para dar voz a las mujeres indígenas
08/08/2018
Campaña para promover los derechos de las mujeres indígenas y su papel en los debates sobre las políticas para alcanzar el Hambre Cero
FAO launches campaign to empower indigenous women in Asia and Pacific
03/05/2018
Asia is home to the largest number of indigenous peoples on Earth, with an estimated 260 million of a total of 370 million original inhabitants worldwide.
Rural women in Kyrgyzstan receive assistance from Swedish funds
03/04/2018
A programme that helps rural women in Kyrgyzstan gain access to new economic opportunities has received significant financial support from the Swedish government.
Asia-Pacific countries commit to empower rural women and girls at high-level UN forum
16/03/2018
Ministers and senior government representatives from Asia and the Pacific have committed to ensuring greater empowerment of rural women and girls to improve their standard of living, food security and livelihoods.
Technology can be key to empowering rural women
08/03/2018
While the digital revolution is reaching rural areas in many developing countries, the rural digital divide continues to present considerable challenges. The problem is even more acute for women, who face a triple divide: digital, rural, and gender.
Las TIC son esenciales para el empoderamiento y el progreso de las mujeres pobres del medio rural
07/03/2018
Los organismos de las Naciones Unidas con sede en Roma celebran el Día Internacional de la Mujer.
Sweden strengthens partnership to accelerate economic empowerment for rural women
05/03/2018
“Sweden is happy to continue supporting a programme that has shown promising results and hopes that these new funds will convince other donors to join the partnership.”
Rural women as agents of change in migration
02/03/2018
Six out of ten international migrants reside in Asia and Europe, and a large share of them are from rural areas. Often, when these migrants settle into urban areas and find work, they send money back home to the families they’ve left behind.
Los nuevos hornos para ahumar pescado llegan a Asia
04/12/2017
El método tradicional de ahumar pescado en esta pequeña comunidad de pescadores en el este de Sri Lanka obliga a las mujeres a pasar largas horas ocupándose de los pescados colocados en mallas sobre carbón humeante. Los riesgos para la salud derivados de
Bringing youth back to agriculture in Southern Africa
29/11/2017
FAO is seeking innovative ways to make the agricultural value chain more attractive to youth, thereby curtailing ‘distress migration’ and helping to provide decent employment and improved livelihoods across the continent.
Recognizing women’s role in managing Kosovo’s forests
29/11/2017
A new FAO report highlights the importance of women's involvement in forest work, and calls for their interests to be better considered at both national and municipal levels.
Gender-based violence affects food security and nutrition
27/11/2017
Interview with FAO’s Deputy Director-General, Daniel Gustafson
Women's empowerment is key to fighting hunger and poverty
31/10/2017
FAO and the African Union (AU) Commission convened a three-day Africa-wide consultative meeting on rural women and gender in the context of the AU Agenda 2063.
La FAO y el Banco Mundial amplían la lucha contra la hambruna en Yemen con 36 millones de dólares
17/10/2017
El proyecto de 36 millones de dólares EEUU es destinado a ofrecer ayuda inmediata a más de 630 000 personas que padecen pobreza e inseguridad alimentaria en Yemen — más del 30 por ciento son mujeres — y a aumentar la resiliencia agrícola a largo plazo en
Countries in Southern Africa seek innovative ways to involve youth in agriculture
16/10/2017
Africa is the world’s youngest continent, with almost 200 million people aged between 15 and 24. The potential of this demographic to transform agriculture was a key theme in a meeting held earlier this month in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Las actividades agrícolas y no agrícolas en el medio rural: soluciones al creciente desempleo juvenil en África
12/10/2017
Aunque cada año se incorporan a la población activa en África entre 10 y 12 millones de jóvenes, solamente se crean unos 3 millones de empleos anuales.