Resources

This guidance note supports development and humanitarian practitioners in carrying out a gender-sensitive vulnerability assessment, to identify and address the main sources of vulnerability for men and women in the agriculture sector. It discusses the main constraints that male and female farmers face in the sector, with a particular focus on climate change. 20 pp.
Equal access to resources and power for food security in the face of climate change
This infographic shows women’s access to financial and productive resources, decision-making fora, knowledge, technology, land, water, services and markets, illustrating the link to food security and climate change.

Rural women and the Millennium Development Goals
In the developing world, women are the backbone of rural economies. Yet, with only a few exceptions, rural women fare worse than rural men and urban women and men for every MDG indicator for which data are available.