Gender

Publications

01/09/2024

The PROMUCLIMA project was created to address critical challenges in 12 municipalities in western Honduras, where economic and environmental proposals were required to improve governance systems in those communities depending on forest and agroforestry resources. In addition, this context highlighted the need to support rural and Indigenous women, and youth, who were excluded from sustainable development and climate action decision-making processes. 2 p.

01/09/2024

This briefing note focuses on assessing the gender-related impacts of the current hostilities in Gaza, emphasizing the importance of understanding the specific needs and vulnerabilities of men, women, girls, and boys. It highlights the necessity of identifying gender-based constraints and vulnerabilities to ensure an appropriate and accountable response that leaves no one behind. 11 pp.

26/08/2024

This special issue is a collection of 11 empirical papers prepared for “The Status of women in agrifood systems”. All articles use the latest-available national data and rigorous analyses to examine gender gaps in agrifood systems globally.

01/08/2024

This report provides rapid assessments of the earthquake’s effects on agriculture, specifically greenhouse-based tomato production in Samandağ (Hatay), fishing in Hatay’s coastal districts (Samandağ, Arsuz, İskenderun, Dörtyol), and milk production in Elbistan (Kahramanmaraş). 64 p.

01/08/2024

This policy brief focuses on promoting gender-responsive access to finance for women in the agrifood sector in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly within the framework of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). It highlights the critical contributions of women to agrifood systems, while also discussing the substantial challanges and barriers they face to accessing finance due to persistent gender-based constraints and structural inequalities. 12 pp.

01/08/2024

This policy brief examines how sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures may facilitate or limit women’s participation in the agrifood sector in Africa and how the AfCFTA provides an opportunity for African policymakers to make the SPS framework gender-responsive. 12 p.

01/08/2024

This policy brief describes technical barriers to trade (TBT) measures in the global and African contexts and explores the intersections between trade, gender and TBTs. 12 p.

01/08/2024

The Third International Meeting on Gender Equity in the Banana Industry was held on Monday, 11 March 2024, at FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy. It provided a unique opportunity for industry stakeholders to exchange knowledge about the issues affecting women in the banana industry and reaffirm their commitment to promoting gender equity, enhancing women’s employment and access to leadership roles, and eliminating gender-based violence and harassment in the workplace. 22 p.