Gender

Publications

19/06/2002

This guide on gender and access to land aims to support land administrators in governments and their counterparts in civil society. It shows where and how gender issues can be integrated to improve land tenure programmes and land administration arrangements. 50 pp.

18/06/2002

This Guide was developed as a practical aid for those involved in microfinance programmes. It assists to include socio-economic and gender issues in microfinance programmes and national policies for microfinance. 119 pp.

03/06/2002

There is growing empirical evidence of the key role of rural women in agrobiodiversity conservation for food security in developing countries. This document includes summaries of the country case studies and the discussions and recommendations that emerged from the expert consultation above. 46 pp.

01/01/2002

This issues of the Dimitra newsletter discusses sustainable agriculture and the enhancement of skills for both men and women farmers. Towards the end of the newsletter, sources of funding, books and forthcoming conferences are also presented. 12 pp.

13/07/2001

Few crises have presented such a threat to human health and to social and economic progress as does the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This paper presents some approaches to addressing this urgent problem and guidance on the role of FAO.

19/06/2001

This Guide is written for people involved in the planning, design and implementation of irrigation programmes. It supports gender-responsive participatory planning of irrigation schemes to strengthen the position of rural women and disadvantaged groups. 128 pp.

19/06/2001

This report of a workshop on gender sensitive local planning examines local administrative structures and planning processes to help promote gender sensitive approaches in local planning. 53 pg

13/06/2001

The purpose of this manual is to provide guidance on how to integrate socio-economic and gender issues into project management practices. 105 pp.