FAO supports countries by monitoring food security, promoting developing and implementing strategies, laws, and programs to eradicate hunger, advancing family farming, agricultural and rural development, and adapting agrifood systems to climate change.
FAO works with a special focus on innovation and digitalization, side by side with the governments of its Member Countries, civil society, and international cooperation partners, empowering social actors and local communities to take the lead in their own development.
The Organization places all its capacities at the service of countries to enable the transformation toward more efficient, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable agrifood systems — for better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life, leaving no one behind.
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The transformative gender approach is a category along the continuum of gender mainstreaming approaches.
It actively seeks to examine, challenge, and transform the root causes of gender inequality embedded in unequal social structures and institutions.
Through this approach, the aim is to address imbalanced power dynamics and relationships, rigid gender norms and roles, harmful practices, and both formal and informal unequal norms, as well as discriminatory or sexist legislative and regulatory frameworks that perpetuate gender inequality. The goal is to eliminate systemic forms of gender-based discrimination by creating or reinforcing equitable gender norms, dynamics, and systems that support gender equality.
Intersectionality is both an approach and a methodology for social analysis that aims to recognize the different types of inequality that arise from the intersection of the various social dimensions shaping the lives of individuals and groups.
The intersectional approach allows us to identify and address the simultaneous presence of multiple dimensions that structure societies and often distribute power unequally. This unequal distribution results in limitations to the full exercise of rights for individuals and collectives. Categories such as gender, ethno-racial origin, age, and territory do not operate in isolation or independently from the historical, social, and cultural context in which they are situated. These dimensions often combine in ways that amplify inequality, leading to substantially different experiences and access to well-being among individuals.
This does not mean that these dimensions in themselves are a disadvantage—for example, being part of an Indigenous population, living in a rural area, or being a woman are not inherently disadvantages. However, current data show that the intersection of these dimensions often results in reduced opportunities and access to a dignified life for certain individuals.
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Rural, Indigenous, young, and Afro-descendant women play an essential role in conserving seeds, promoting sustainable agricultural practices, preserving traditional knowledge, and managing soil, water, forests, and ecosystems sustainably.
Promoting gender equality is crucial to ensure that their knowledge, practices, roles, and rights are fully recognized and integrated into public policies and environmental management practices.
This enables a more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable management of natural resources, benefiting society as a whole.
The FAO projects and programs presented on the platform aim to highlight good practices, share knowledge, and provide useful tools for capacity development. However, they do not include mechanisms for direct participation or individual registration.
That said, you can get involved by:
- Accessing the available training content and resources to strengthen your knowledge and skills.
- Applying what you’ve learned in your community, organization, or enterprise to support local development processes.
- Staying informed about calls for participation, workshops, courses, or dialogue spaces promoted on the platform and FAO’s official social media channels.
The platform offers free online training materials that can be used by any person or organization interested in promoting learning processes within their communities. This includes self-guided materials, practical guides, videos, thematic sheets, and other resources designed to strengthen the capacities of rural, Indigenous, and Afro-descendant women.
While the platform’s technical teams do not provide in-person training in the field, all materials can be downloaded, shared, and used in local spaces such as workshops, community gatherings, farmer field schools, or organized group activities.
We invite you to:
- Explore the platform’s resource library.
- Use the materials in your community or organization.
- Share the tools with women, women leaders, or working groups in your area.
Yes. The platform and the Rural Women, Women with Rights campaign promote various public activities such as workshops, discussions, seminars, and experience-sharing spaces.
You can check the event calendar and follow FAO's official social media channels to stay informed about dates and participation formats.
Some activities require prior registration, which is enabled through online forms.
If you’re unable to participate in real time, many of the activities are recorded and made available for later viewing depending on availability.
Anyone interested can actively contribute to the campaign’s outreach and impact through various actions:
- Follow the official social media accounts to access updated information about activities, content, and key campaign messages.
- Share posts, materials, and testimonies on social media, community media, or other communication spaces using the hashtags #RuralWomen and #WomenWithRights.
- Use campaign materials to support training spaces, community gatherings, or local activities related to women’s empowerment.
- Participate in virtual activities, meetings, or events organized as part of the campaign.
No. Access to the platform and all its content is completely free. You only need an internet connection and a desire to learn and strengthen your capacities.
Yes. You can share direct links to the platform, download publications, present and use the content in workshops, meetings, or community activities, and disseminate it through any channels you find appropriate.
The use and circulation of these materials for educational, informational, and organizational strengthening purposes is encouraged, as it helps expand the reach and impact of the knowledge available on the platform.