Consultation for the development of the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Gender Equality and Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment in the context of Food Security and Nutrition

29/06/2022

This document summarizes the online Consultation for the development of the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Gender Equality and Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment in the context of Food Security and Nutrition held on the FAO Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum) from 16 September to 30 November 2021. 15 pp.

Women processing fish as a business

23/06/2022

This fact sheet supports a series of videos created to promote peer-to-peer learning. The videos were created under the FAO project “Empowering women in fisheries for sustainable food systems”, financed by Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad). The videos can be used as training tools to help share knowledge and learning on best practices in small-scale fishing communities. 1 pp.

Evaluation of the project “Water for Peace in Yemen: Strengthening the role of women in water conflict resolution”

23/06/2022

The ‘Water for Peace in Yemen’ project aimed at contributing to the mitigation of water-based conflicts that have affected agriculture, with the inclusion of women as conflict-resolution agents. The evaluation found that the project's main achievements were the institutionalization of this role through the water user associations (WUAs) and strengthening the role of women within their communities. 44 pp.

Women join forces to smoke fish

23/06/2022

This fact sheet supports a series of videos created to promote peer-to-peer learning. The videos can be used as training tools to help share knowledge and learning on best practices in small-scale fishing communities. 1 pp.

Project factsheet: Gender equality and women's empowerment in food and agriculture - Cambodia

23/06/2022

The fact-sheet is a short summary of the project, communicating with the general public the project objectives, areas of focus, types of intervention and implementing partners in a simple language. 2 pp.

FAO Europe and Central Asia Gender Newsletter, May 2022 - Issue #7

20/06/2022

Each issue of FAO Europe and Central Asia Gender Newsletter explores and discusses women’s and men’s experiences in agriculture and food security in the region familiarizes the reader with relevant FAO activities and initiatives. 5 pp.

Achieving de facto gender equality in land, forest and fisheries tenure - Scaling up the adoption of temporary special measures in national legal frameworks

17/06/2022

This legal paper provides an outlook on the legal options available to lawyers, policy makers and parliamentarians to achieve substantive gender equality in tenure rights. It puts a spotlight on Articles 3 and 4 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) which require states to adopt temporary special measures to achieve substantive equality between men and women. 42 pp. 

Walking the talk

16/06/2022

This report summaries the Learning Exchange that gave the ECOWAS Parliamentarians an exposure to the comprehensive Rwanda Model for gender equality and women’s empowerment in terms of governance, accountability, vision, and actions. it includes comments and reactions from some of the Parliamentarians. 32 pp.