The Gender Equality and Governance Index (GEGI) report for 2024 reviews both the progress, and setbacks, that women worldwide have faced over the past two years and since the publication of the last report. European countries under a democratic form of governance – such as Belgium, Italy, Portugal and Spain...

Promoting women’s empowerment and gender equality is crucial for achieving in particular the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5. It implies that all countries worldwide have committed to achieve gender equality by empowering girls and women for having equal changes and conditions in societal development. Research in development economics...

The Voluntary Guidelines on Gender Equality and Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment in the Context of Food Security and Nutrition (VG-GEWGE) are a unique opportunity to be seized. The guidelines are the first inter-governmental and multistakeholder negotiated policy instrument aligning the objectives and agendas of food security and nutrition with gender...

Empowerment offers opportunities, but does it enhance well-being? In this blog, Vijayalaxmi Khed explores the challenges rural women face in balancing both. 

The Global Report on Food Crises 2025 – September Update (GRFC 2025) highlights a severe deterioration in global food security, with around 1.4 million people facing Catastrophe (IPC/CH Phase 5) levels of acute food insecurity, primarily in Gaza and Sudan. The largest burdens are found in the Democratic Republic of...

The seaweed industry is emerging as a powerful driver of sustainable livelihoods worldwide. With low startup costs, minimal inputs and ecosystem benefits like water filtration and habitat provisioning, seaweed farming offers accessible employment opportunities in coastal communities.In Kenya, women make up nearly 90% of the workforce in this growing sector,...

In this blog, Nimisha Mittal reflects on her experience with the range of approaches used in teaching and learning in the MA Gender and Development postgraduate program at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, United Kingdom.

In Kajiado West, Kenya, Maasai communities are organizing collectively to confront historical marginalization, climate change, and environmental degradation. Through women-led solidarity groups, agroecology, communal rangeland management, savings schemes, and water committees, they strengthen livelihoods while reviving ancestral knowledge and enhancing local governance. These practices not only secure food and resources...

Mujeres indígenas de Amazonas: saberes ancestrales y producción para la resiliencia de comunidades, en Venezuela.

Women are not only among the most affected by climate impacts; they are also key guardians of community-led climate and biodiversity action.When projects consider gender from the start, they are more likely to build climate resilience, restore ecosystems, and support economic development.This is why gender-responsive Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) matter: they create...

This study explores the linkages between gender and rural transformation in Indonesia. Utilising time-series data from the National Labour Force Survey from 32 provinces in three different years (2010, 2015, and 2020), we analysed the linkages between rural transformation and gender-related variables such as womenʼs access to healthcare, education, and...

En una época de inestabilidad mundial, las mujeres y las niñas son la clave de la estabilidad de las zonas rurales. Pero una discriminación profundamente arraigada les impide labrarse un futuro mejor para ellas mismas, sus hogares y sus comunidades. Y hoy en día, la dinámica mundial no hace más...

"Tejiendo Agri-cultura: Mujeres artesanas de Incahuasi"; es un documental que nos sumerge en la historia de Ana Cecilia Manayay y la Asociación de Artesanas Mujeres Creativas y Emprendedoras de Incahuasi (departamento de Lambayeque, Perú). A través de la mirada sensible de Ayni Producciones, esta obra revela cómo el arte textil,...

The article highlights how women across Latin America are playing pivotal roles in preserving agricultural heritage and biodiversity within the framework of the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS). In Brazil, Ecuador and Peru, women lead efforts to sustain traditional agro-ecological systems, protect native seeds and crops, add value to...

Across India, women are leading quiet revolutions in adaptation — transforming farms, restoring ecosystems, and designing community-led climate solutions. Their knowledge of soil, water, and resilience runs deep. Yet when decisions on national climate policy are made, their voices are still missing from the room.What they need now is action,...

A pesar de su importancia en la seguridad alimentaria y la economía rural, las mujeres enfrentan barreras que limitan su crecimiento dentro del sector agrícola. A medida que el país busca avanzar en equidad de género, es fundamental reconocer y potenciar su rol clave en la sostenibilidad del agro.

In this good practice note, Salome highlights the Mobile Biodiversity Festival, an initiative by the Deccan Development Society (DDS) to promote agro-biodiversity and cultural exchange in Telangana, India. Over 25 years, it has brought together local communities to discuss and celebrate sustainable farming, biodiversity, and traditional knowledge. 

The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2026 as the International Year of the Woman Farmer. This observance represents a key opportunity to highlight and strengthen the role of women in agriculture, promoting their access to productive resources, technology, training, and markets, as well as their full participation in decision-making....

Over the past 50 years, the world’s food systems have evolved tremendously amid major economic, environmental, and social changes. Throughout this period, policy research has played a critical role in providing evidence and analysis to inform decision-making that supports agricultural growth, better livelihoods, and improved food security, nutrition, and well-being...

La publicación “Cerrando Brecha: Manual didáctico para su implementación” presenta una metodología creada por el FIDA y sus aliados para fortalecer la equidad de género en organizaciones rurales. El manual guía a equipos técnicos y a las propias organizaciones en la identificación de brechas de género y en la construcción de acciones...