8th March is International Women’s day and this year’s theme is “Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030”. In 2017 we are far from living on ‘planet 50-50’ with women holding less than 20% of the land in all the main developing regions o

She was just 17 when her parents forced her to become a housewife. Her husband already had two wives and children, as well as an extended family of relatives, dependents and apprentices.

One of a series of interviews with the women scientists aboard the R/V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, the marine research vessel at the heart of the EAF-Nansen programme.

In 2017, Lesvia became the Cuban face of the regional communication campaign Rural women, women with rights, promoted by FAO to give an account of the fundamental role that women play in sustainable rural development.

Comment les innovations technologiques stimulent l'emploi rural.

La FAO fournit une formation agricole dans le cadre d’une initiative plus large visant à renforcer la résilience des réfugiés syriens et de leurs communautés d’accueil en Turquie.

L'obésité est devenue la plus grande menace nutritionnelle en Amérique latine et dans les Caraïbes. Près d'un adulte sur quatre est obèse.

Les ministres siègent à la société civile et aux entreprises pour discuter des questions transversales sur la gouvernance foncière.

La parité et l’autonomisation des femmes dans l’agriculture sont donc au cœur du mandat de la FAO.

Madame Mboya Ka, mère de cinq enfants, qui gère la citerne familiale de Douli nous explique comment était sa vie avant.

Les compétences entrepreneuriales des femmes dans l'agriculture se sont améliorées, de même que leurs revenus, comblant ainsi l'écart de production locale et la demande de légumes, qui étaient auparavant principalement importés des pays voisins.

Grâce à l'aide des associations d'usagers de l'eau déjà existantes, le projet intensifie également les campagnes de sensibilisation du public concernant l'utilisation de l'eau potable dans l'agriculture, la transformation et la préparation des aliments.

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.

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

Young farmer Ruramiso Mashumba is spearheading change in Zimbabwe.

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.

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.

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

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