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Activities listed on this page:
Gender, information and policy
Learning resource on gender-responsive agriculture and rural development
Asian rural women make a critical contribution to achieving FAO's
mission of a hunger free world and the UN's millennium development goal
of poverty alleviation. Yet there are myths and misperceptions
on gender mainstreaming in agriculture and rural development and mainstreaming
women's participation in development processes. Information can help
bridge the knowledge gap between technocrats in agriculture and rural production and
gender specialists and thus foster a common purpose of capitalizing on human resource
capacities vested in rural women for achieving the multiple goals of women's empowerment
and gender equality in pursuit of food security and poverty alleviation.
The FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific has produced an interactive CD-ROM
learning resource package which provides an overview of paradigms and policy
perspectives on rural women and agriculture in the region. It contains a glossary
of technical terms; situation reviews on the status of rural women and related major
issues; tools of analysis for gender responsive approaches and integrative strategies
to understand gender dimensions and women inclusive development planning in agriculture
and the rural economy. (Click
here to view the online version of the learning resource package.
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The intended audience is agriculture and rural
development professionals in research, education and extension. It can also be a
valuable resource for distance and open learning programmes; women's studies;
and a multitude of learning and training centres focusing on gender/women in
development. The initiative is a response of FAO to address the content gap
identified in the ICTs for development framework.
Social and gender analytical methodologies and policy strategies
FAO has developed social and gender analytical methodologies for gender
analysis and planning in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India and the Philippines for
mainstreaming rural women's rights in development through multidisciplinary
and interagency collaboration.
Forums to articulate and advocate emerging rural gender equality priorities
FAO carries out regional consultations, policy work and programmes for the
advancement of rural women in the context of emerging development priorities
and the global agenda for the advancement of rural women.
Gender differentiated database in agriculture and rural production
Support is provided to develop information on rural women for policy
and advocacy through assistance to improve FAO's agricultural statistics
to include sex-segregated data and by sponsoring special studies on the situation
of rural women in regional countries.
Fact sheets on women in agriculture, environment and rural production
FAO produced fact sheets for 12 countries in the region highlighting the role
of rural women in production and natural resource management
[http://www.fao.org/sd/wpdirect/WPre0104.htm].
Gender, technology and capacity building
Gender-responsive technology publications
The FAO/UNDP project in Thailand on gender-responsive technology for poverty alleviation (completed in 2003) generated three publications in English and Thai that are available as hard copies or on CD-ROM:
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Policy framework on gender responsive technology for poverty alleviation |
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Directory of local organizations supporting rural households' technology demand |
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Technology manual for rural households |
Training rural women
In Cambodia, the FAO-funded technical cooperation project assisted women in improving
their household food security and family economy. It supported the training of rural
women in learning new technologies and the application of agriculture techniques to
improve their food security and livelihoods. Rural women were trained to
become local technology leaders.
In the Cook Islands, an FAO-funded technical cooperation programme project assists rural women
to improve home garden practices and learn new technologies in food processing
to improve food security.
Empowering rural women in an ICT-driven knowledge society and information economy
Regional consultations and collaborations are carried out to assist rural
women in adapting and prospering in a society and economy increasingly driven
by information and communication technologies. Main thrusts are on developing
gender responsive content and strengthening distance learning programs to reach
rural women.
Gender, biodiversity and food security
Highlighting rural women's role in agrobiodiversity management
Regional country case studies feature the role of rural women in
agrobiodiversity management relevant to food and health security.
Case studies have been completed for Bangladesh, India, the Maldives,
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