Inequality exacerbates hunger, malnutrition and obesity in Latin America and the Caribbean
07/11/2018
Obesity has become the greatest nutritional threat in Latin America and the Caribbean. Nearly one in four adults is obese.
How FAO is helping communities build resilience and fight malnutrition in South Sudan
03/06/2019
Women’s skills in farming as a business have improved, and so has their income, filling the current local production gap and demand for vegetables, which were mainly imported from neighbouring countries before.
More resilient and transformative ways for women’s empowerment
31/03/2022
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.
RNE staff celebrate International Women’s Day
08/03/2020
The Near East and North Africa (NENA) Regional Office celebrated International Women’s Day with its staff on March 8, 2020.
Applying a metrics to women’s empowerment: experiences in using the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index
22/04/2022
Several low- and middle-income countries have demonstrated significant progresses in measuring and promoting women’s empowerment in agriculture.
Measuring women’s empowerment to close the gender gap in agriculture
22/04/2022
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.
FAO in Pakistan pledges greater support to realizing women’s rights
08/03/2020
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.
Rural women celebrate their achievements in Cox’s Bazar
10/03/2020
Government officials appreciated FAO’s work in reducing hunger and enhancing the agri-food system by empowering women and closing the gender group.
Sustainable tourism for climate resilience and women’s empowerment in SIDS
22/03/2022
66th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW66): Side event by FAO, Mountain Partnership and Slow Food International
‘Let us rebuild the table’: the call for more equitable and gender inclusive climate talks
25/03/2022
Panelists spoke openly against systemic practices that perpetuate gender inequalities and youth exclusion in climate dialogue.
Redressing the gender balance
22/11/2021
The essential role women contribute in small-scale is crucial but often overlooked.
International Women’s Day 2022: Perspectives from FAO in the field
08/03/2022
Staff from the Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia share key issues facing rural women and girls, achievements and progress in empowering women in climate change adaptation.