Events
15/10
2025
Investment Forum 2025 Thematic Session: The business case for investing in women and youth in agrifood systems
Hybrid Event, 15/10/2025
This Hand-in-Hand Initiative Investment Forum thematic session, supported by CGE, explored the business case for investing in women and youth as agents of agrifood systems transformation from the investor perspective.
12/3
2025
CGE CSW69 event: Making agrifood systems work better for women and girls
Hybrid Event, 12/03/2025
The Commit to Grow Equality initiative is hosting an event during the high-level week of the sixty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) and Beijing+30 review in New York. During this event, CGE will present its first progress report, where selected partners will be given a space to feature their commitments to date; introduce its most recent set of new partners wh...
24/9
2024
UNGA79 High-Level Action Event: Invest in the Future of Women and Girls
24/09/2024
This invitation-only high-level action event marks the shift from conceptualization to implementation of the FAO-led Commit to Grow Equality initiative. Leaders from all sectors will step forward and announce concrete commitments that will make a tangible difference in the lives of women and girls. As part of the event, a timeline for action will be shared as well as a pathway for others to joi...
11/6
2024
FAO Council side event: Commit to Grow Equality
Hybrid Event, 11/06/2024
This event seeks to raise awareness of FAO’s global initiative ‘Commit to Grow Equality’ which is aimed at enhancing gender equality and women's empowerment in agrifood systems through financing, investments and partnerships. The event will include a high-level call to action; a presentation of the initiative, participation modality and ‘Commitments Matrix’; and a panel discussion featuring exp...
13/3
2024
CGE CSW68 launch event: Enhance gender equality in agrifood systems through financing and partnerships
13/03/2024
This invitation-only event will launch a process to bring together key stakeholders to commit investments and partnerships for increased gender equality and women’s empowerment in agrifood systems.
13/4
2023
Global launch: FAO's report "The status of women in agrifood systems"
Hybrid Event, 13/04/2023
"The status of women in agrifood systems" will be launched during an event that will highlight the relevance of the report’s findings for policy and decision makers, development actors, the private sector, civil society and academia. Different stakeholders will share insights from their own work on gender equality and empowering women in agrifood systems, as a key ingredient for the realization...