Gender equality and women’s empowerment is central to FAO’s work in eradicating hunger and poverty, as it is to the entire 2030 Agenda. This was a key message among several discussed at the recent Special Event on “Leaving no one behind: Achieving gender

A special event looks into ways to achieve gender equality for food security, nutrition and sustainable development.

Notimex will produce and disseminate news content to raise awareness about rural women's key role in achieving sustainable development.

The rural school Escuela Oficial Rural Mixta “Los Vados” is the first of twelve that will implement the sustainable healthy school model in the department of Chiquimula.

A strong call to ECOWAS member countries to empower women in agriculture.

A Gambian side-event at CSW61 called for reliable data and information for the elaboration of gender responsive policies.

Women's land rights are vital to every country’s development. Yet, those rights are routinely violated, denied, or simply not enforced.

Leaders from the three UN Rome-based agencies today marked International Women's Day by reinforcing their commitments to step up efforts to invest in the capacities of rural women as key agents of change in building a world without hunger.

Starting or participating in an agrifood business could make good sense for women in poor rural areas of Albania. A new study identifies several business ideas and examines value chains and markets with potential for improving women’s incomes.

Written by economists, sociologists, and gender specialists and practitioners from twelve post-Soviet countries in Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia, the publication reviews and analyzes issues that sit at the intersection of gender equality

A fundamental first step is to incorporate the gender approach into the legal frameworks, laws and policies regarding food security in the region.

But gender inequality is putting a brake on sustainable development.

On the occasion of the International Day of Rural Women, we take a look at some ways in which a multi-agency programme for the economic empowerment of rural women is making a difference.

Scheduled for 16 December 2016 at FAO in Rome, Italy, the Event will bring together governments, specialized agencies, civil society and others to reflect on the causes and consequences of gender disparities in rural areas.

New agreement aims to ensure capacity development, farmers’ access to productive resources, knowledge exchange.

An organic farmer herself, Ms Mpofu has worked tirelessly for the betterment of smallholder farmers and the rights of women.

New study highlights the contributions of women to cassava, quinoa, corn and cotton value chains.

Interim findings show sector is run mainly by women, and that almost half of all vendors in central Accra operate near a school, making them a central element in the nutrition of school children.

An FAO project aims at equal access to rural services for women, along with gender-sensitive agricultural extension services and personnel.

Sixteen women from across the Cordillera Administrative Region and Mindanao are representing the Philippines in the Global Leadership School of Indigenous Women spearheaded by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Inter