Uzbekistan: Gender, agriculture and rural development (Country Gender Assessment Series)

28/06/2019

Closing the gender gap in agriculture is a critical means of increasing agricultural productivity, reducing poverty and nutrition insecurity and promoting economic growth. This Country Gender Assessment aims to inform the development of strategic objectives at the national level, and it provides recommendations to ensure that gender is taken into consideration in project design and implementation. 75 pp.

Women’s access to rural finance: challenges and opportunities

25/06/2019

This technical paper aims to provide a review of the main demand and supply-side constraints linked to women’s access to rural and agricultural finance, to then present the key strategies which can be adopted to address these challenges, while displaying examples of good practices and providing core policy recommendations to promote women’s financial inclusion. 30 pp.

Guidelines on strengthening gender equality in notarial practices South-East Europe

31/05/2019

This paper highlights guidelines that are intended as a practical assistance document for notaries in the Western Balkans in order to strengthen gender equality in the services that they provide. Notaries play an important role to advise all parties of their rights and obligations, to enable them to make well-informed and prudent decisions in sensitive legal matters, and identify potential infringements of the weaker party’s rights that are guaranteed by the law. 42 pp.

Building connections Information and communication technologies for gender equality and rural development

29/05/2019

The aim of this paper is to bring rural communities, women and other marginalized groups at the centre of discussions on ICTs. Advances in this field have made available increasing quantity of information to more people than ever before, shaping their social, cultural, economic and political life. The ability to access and make use of these resources often marks the difference between those who thrive and those who are left behind. 17 pp.

Regional Gender Equality Strategy and Action Plan for Europe And Central Asia 2019–2022

27/05/2019

This strategy defines the priorities, roles and responsibilities of FAO’s regional, sub-regional and country offices in gender mainstreaming and is supplemented by an action plan which includes time-bound outcomes, outputs and activities. 36 pp.

Investing in information and communication technologies to reach gender equality and empower rural women

13/05/2019

This paper gives an overview on the nature and extent of the digital divide, highlighting the issues that are of keen importance to rural women and men. It provides a few examples of FAO’s work in support to rural women and men and key international agreements that promote inclusive approaches to ICT4D. It also illustrates the actions that need to be taken to ensure that global development efforts are inclusive and sustainable. 76 pp.

Changing the terms of women's engagement in cocoa and coffee supply chains

06/05/2019

In this report FAO, Royal Tropical Institute of the Netherlands (KIT) and TWIN present the gender inequalities in the cocoa and coffee sectors and the underlying causes. The report also shows how these inequalities can be addressed systematically and features case studies focusing on: women’s participation and leadership in producer organizations, women’s access to land, the household approach and innovations in extension services. 104 pp.

Dimitra Newsletter April 2019 – Issue #30

23/04/2019

This newsletter gives an overview of the impact the Dimitra Clubs are having on rural communities. Featuring success stories and some results, this special edition focuses on food security and nutrition, gender and women’s leadership, community mobilization, social cohesion and peace, climate change adaptation, rural organizations, access to information and sharing of knowledge, and the voice of the youth. 68 pp.