Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum)

Re: Consultation for the development of the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Gender Equality and Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment in the Context of Food Security and Nutrition

The text captures the main challenges, includes the core principles, and covers the key policy areas.

Further discussion on the following sentence in Part 3.6, paragraph 102 is proposed: “Agriculture is one of the most hazardous occupations given exposure to agrochemicals,…"

Unless there are studies that substantiate it, a major review of the following sentence in Part 3.5, paragraph 91 is suggested “…as women are custodians of knowledge of the local seeds and plants that are vital for food and agriculture - and related issues, women having unique knowledge and skills to help respond to climate change effectively and sustainably."