Desde la pesca y la acuicultura, donde las mujeres constituyen la mitad de la fuerza laboral, pero ocupan la mayor parte de los empleos más inestables y peor pagados, a la agricultura, donde a menudo trabajarán los campos, pero no serán sus propietarias; a una ceguera persistente a las nec...

Céleste ve con entusiasmo la oportunidad de cumplir funciones más destacadas en la gestión de la granja piscícola de su familia.

Several low- and middle-income countries have demonstrated significant progresses in measuring and promoting women’s empowerment in agriculture

In the past ten years there have been tremendous efforts to develop methodologies and tools to measure women’s empowerment in the context of agriculture in a comprehensive and standardized way

Held on the sidelines of CSW66, representatives from the UN Rome-based Agencies and UN Women strongly recommitted to implementing interventions to carry out holistic and integrated interventions for rural women.

Panelists spoke openly against systemic practices that perpetuate gender inequalities and youth exclusion in climate dialogue.

66th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW66): Side event by FAO, Mountain Partnership and Slow Food International

Young farmer Ruramiso Mashumba is spearheading change in Zimbabwe.

Government officials appreciated FAO’s work in reducing hunger and enhancing the agri-food system by empowering women and closing the gender group.

FAO sub-offices in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Sindh provinces also celebrated the day with the staff taking a gender equality pledge and celebrating the day committing to achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women & girls.

The Near East and North Africa (NENA) Regional Office celebrated International Women’s Day with its staff on March 8, 2020.

En 2020 se celebra el 25º aniversario de la Declaración y Plataforma de Acción de Beijing, lo que supone una oportunidad sin precedentes para movilizar la acción global con el fin de lograr la igualdad de género.

The comprehensive programme not only helps close the skills gap, but also plays a key role in extending knowledge to marginalized and disadvantaged populations.

Una forma de abordar los efectos negativos del cambio climático en la seguridad alimentaria es seguir investigando los alimentos comunes y encontrar nuevas formas innovadoras de utilizarlos.

While rice cultivation thrives, villagers, especially women, earned a living along the rice production value chain, working as parboilers, millers and marketers.

A través de las asociaciones de usuarios de agua ya establecidas, el proyecto también está intensificando las campañas de concienciación pública sobre el uso de agua potable en la agricultura, el procesado y preparación de alimentos.

As funding from Belgium will only cover the technical component, the main expected result of the project is that the 250 women organized in ten mothers’ clubs will be able to apply the agricultural techniques learned.

Adut Akuei solía ir todas las noches al hospital para visitar a la pequeña Akol Akot, su nieta de tres años, que padecía de malnutrición grave. Adut y su hija Angong a menudo solo podían darle un plato de asida, a base de sorgo molido. No estaba recibiendo todos los nutrientes que necesitaba d...

Ms Mboya Ka, mother of five, who manages the Douli family cistern, explains how her life was before it was established.

The EWEA project aims to safeguard the livelihoods of rice farmers by providing them with irrigation systems and climate-resilient farm inputs.