As climate pressures intensify, IFAD’s GEWE priorities are becoming increasingly integrated with efforts to build climate resilience. The Gender Transformative Mechanism in Climate Adaptation (GTM) is an innovative initiative designed to deepen the impact of IFAD’s portfolio and deliver stronger results at the nexus of women’s empowerment and climate resilience. IFAD’s engagement with the FAO to Commit to Grow Equality (CGE) initiative largely centres on the GTM initiative.

Women play a vital role in food systems worldwide, yet many have little influence over the resources and decisions that shape their lives. CGE partner Welthungerhilfe proposes that food systems transformation must go beyond improving production and nutrition to strengthen women’s rights, participation and decision-making power – from households to local food systems.

Women’s centrality to Africa’s agrifood systems cannot be overemphasized. As part of CGE's "Partner in Focus" series, African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) outlines how to ensure women's meaningful involvement in leading agrifood systems transformation.

On the sidelines of the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York, CGE convened an event highlighting the initiative as a powerful vehicle to translate the momentum of the 2026 International Year of the Woman Farmer into tangible action and investment for women in agrifood systems. 

The newly convened Advisory Group of the Commit to Grow Equality initiative came together for the first time in December 2025 to discuss the Group’s mandate and future modalities for engagement. 

The thematic session during the Investment Forum 2025 served as a strong reminder that productivity and profitability increase when investments are made with a focus on enhancing opportunities for women and youth.

Commit to Grow Equality (CGE) hosted its first private sector roundtable to facilitate peer-learning on business and supply chain initiatives that seek to improve women’s participation and productivity in agrifood systems. 

olam food ingredients (ofi), a global leader in food and beverage ingredients, joined Commit to Grow Equality in 2024 as the initiative’s first private sector partner. Here, ofi shares examples of interventions implemented by the company to help empower women and safeguard children in its communities.

粮农组织在纽约举行的一场别开生面的活动期间发布了首份“力促平等”进展报告，鼓励利益相关方采取具体行动，加快推动农业粮食体系中的性别平等和女性赋权。

粮农组织“力促平等”倡议已获得来自不同利益相关方的初步广泛承诺，预计农业粮食体系中多达5400万女性将从中受益。

纽约 — 联合国粮食及农业组织（粮农组织）今天在联合国大会期间举行“力促平等：保障妇女女童发展权益，共创美好未来”高级别活动，屈冬玉总干事出席开幕式并致辞。

粮农组织根据《女性在农业粮食体系中的状况》这一重要报告得出的结论，发出强有力行动呼吁，鼓励利益相关方承诺提供大量资金并建立伙伴关系，加强农业粮食体系中的性别平等和女性赋权。

在联合国妇女地位委员会第六十八届会议上，粮农组织共同主办多场边会活动，并参与其他多项活动，强调增强女性赋权对于建设可持续农业粮食体系十分重要。