Regional Platform for the Empowerment of Rural Women

06/08/2025

The new digital tool aims to support governments, organizations, and communities in developing inclusive public policies and concrete actions that promote leadership, rights, and the comprehensive empowerment of rural, indigenous, Afro-descendant, and young women in the region.

07/04/2025

The Organization led a series of side events during the eighth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development 2025, addressing key issues such as sustainable trade, gender equality, youth participation, and the role of Afro-descendant peoples in agrifood systems.

20/11/2024

The Organization has implemented Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) protocols to ensure safe and equitable environments in its teams and projects.

20/08/2024

The initiative is a regional program that empowers rural women through biodiversity conservation and ecosystem restoration. It will implement pilot actions in Honduras, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic.

02/05/2024

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) welcomes the resolution adopted today by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly to declare 2026 as International Year of the Woman Farmer.

06/03/2024

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will implement two regional projects designed to empower rural women and promote sustainable development.

05/03/2024

New study shows how the effects of climate change on income and adaptation in rural areas vary with gender, wealth and age.

04/07/2023

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with 32 co-organizers, launched the 2023 version of the Regional Campaign Rural Women, Women with Rights.

This is the eighth edition of this intersectoral campaign, which aims to build a regional platform f...