Pakistan: National gender profile of agriculture and rural livelihoods (Country Gender Assessment Series)

01/05/2024

This Country Gender Assessment of the Agriculture and Rural Sectors (CGA-ARS) in Pakistan identifies several gaps, challenges, priorities, and opportunities related to gender equality and rural women’s empowerment. It offers an evidence-informed analysis of rural women’s experiences, challenges and opportunities in the context of sociocultural norms and gendered power dynamics in households and society at large. 84 p.

Course 1: Addressing gender equality in climate change adaptation and mitigation in agriculture

01/05/2024

The course aims at facilitating the exchange of promising approaches, tools and good practices that can be used by parliamentarians and policymakers to support the design and implementation of sustainable and gender-transformative climate policies and legislations to advance gender equality and empower women and youth in the agriculture and food security sectors. 2 p.

Eastern African dairy value chains: what prospects for women in trade?

01/05/2024

This report reviews gender issues in the Eastern Africa dairy value chains, with a focus on markets and trade, in the context of broader regional policy frameworks and evolving market scenarios. In particular, gender policy developments in agricultural and trade policies relevant for the dairy sector are assessed for Ethiopia, Kenya and Rwanda. 73 p.

Gender Asia Pacific Newsletter, May 2024 – Issue #3

01/05/2024

The Gender Asia Pacific Newsletter is issued periodically to showcase FAO’s best practices, achievements, latest knowledge products, and events promoting gender equality and women's empowerment in the Asia-Pacific region. It provides updates on the FAO Regional Gender Strategy and Action Plan 2022–2025 for Asia and the Pacific, successful gender mainstreaming initiatives from the field, and significant gender publications, resources and events. 7 p.

Guidelines for mainstreaming gender and youth in Small-Scale Fisheries Organizations (SSFO)

01/04/2024

Stemming from Namibia's successful implementation of sustainable fishing guidelines, the publication emphasizes gender equality and youth involvement for food security and poverty eradication. It offers practical guidance for establishing gender and youth-responsive Small-Scale Fisheries Organizations (SSFO) to promote sustainability and social equity in the sector. 8 p.

Ensuring that rural advisory services are responsive to women: good practices from FAO experiences in Europe and Central Asia

01/04/2024

This report builds upon FAO’s work promoting gender mainstreaming in extension and advisory services, cataloguing challenges and suggesting strategies for increasing the gender responsiveness of rural advisory services globally. The purpose of this review is to apply FAO’s accumulated knowledge about gender equality in the context of rural advisory services to assess the situation in the Europe and Central Asia region. 64 p.

Guide to mainstream gender in the FAO project cycle

01/04/2024

This is an updated version of the 2017 Guide to mainstreaming gender in the FAO project cycle. It provides project formulators with practical guidance and tools to implement the gender related requirements established in the different phases of the FAO project cycle, and to support the formulation of projects and programs that contribute to advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment in agrifood systems, as foreseen by FAO’s mandate. 32 pp.

Rural women and financial inclusion

25/03/2024

Improving the gender-responsiveness of design and delivery of rural finance interventions through innovative approaches and mechanisms is important for promoting rural women’s economic empowerment. This document highlights practical and actionable approaches from the sector in order to guide the work of practitioners engaging at country level to pursue the above objective. 72 pp.