Policy Planning and Research.
· WID/GAD focal points should be strengthened by improving their status in the line agencies and increasing the gender advocacy competence of focal group members.
· Sector-specific GAD guidelines need to be developed, to complement the general GAD guidelines, to help the Government assess the gender-responsiveness of projects or programmes.
· Policies and instructional/training materials should be reviewed to make them more gender sensitive.
· Food security should be given greater importance than export-oriented cash crop production.
Legal and Policy Reform
· Legislation should be enacted to recognize rural women as farmers and fisherfolk and ensure the right of women peasants and agricultural workers to own land and have access support services.
· Leadership and assertiveness training should be conducted for women and information should be disseminated on women's rights.
Access to Agricultural Resources and Services
· A systematic monitoring system needs to be established by the government to ascertain how much ODA is going to projects or activities that address women's concerns.
· Environmental reconstruction programs should be adopted to generate sustainable development in terms of the creation of economic activities for women, and to eliminate environmental destruction which specifically affects women as providers of food, water and fuel.
· Women's organizations should be activated or established with a view to increasing women's access to resources and services.
· Women's participation in cooperatives should be promoted.
· Women's groups should be established in Agrarian Reform Communities.
· Agricultural technicians should be made more aware of the needs of women farmers for technical assistance.
· Gender awareness training and discussions should be held for both women and men.
Source: National Sectoral Report on Women, Agriculture and Rural Development, 1994.
Prepared by:
Integration of Women in Development Service
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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00100 Rome, Italy
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