Publications
Empowering women in fisheries value chains - Good practices from Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal
01/03/2023
This fact-sheet aims to promote the dynamism of women processors of fishery products in West Africa with regards to organization, processing, commercialization and diversification aspects. 4 p.
United Republic of Tanzania: National gender profile of agriculture and rural livelihoods (Country Gender Assessment Series)
01/03/2023
The Government of the United Republic of Tanzania recognizes that sustainable development cannot be achieved without attaining gender equality; hence, gender is mainstreamed in all sectors, including the agriculture sector.
Guyana: Country gender assessment of the agriculture and rural sector (Country Gender Assessment Series)
01/03/2023
In alignment with the FAO Policy on Gender Equality 2020-2030, the Assessment describes women’s and men’s specific roles and opportunities in agriculture, and explores the impact of existing gender inequalities on both women’s empowerment and rural development. Rural women are among the main contributors to food production and food processing in Guyana yet women’s access to both productive resources and services is limited. 66 p.
Gender roles related work burden and child labour in agriculture in Punjab
01/02/2023
This policy brief presents the findings from a study conducted by the Punjab Economic Research Institute (PERI), with the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The objective is to analyze the causal relationship between gender roles and vulnerabilities, with a focus on women's work burden, and their effects on child labour in agriculture in Multan, Bahawalpur and Vehari districts, in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. 11 p.
The youth barometer: Implementation of the youth target in FAO and globally
01/02/2023
A central principle of the 2030 Agenda is the assurance that “no one will be left behind” and the universal nature of the 2030 Agenda entails that youth should be considered across all goals and targets. In its Strategic Framework 2022–2031, FAO has identified “youth” as an important group whose needs must be addressed across all of FAO’s programmatic work areas to promote a more systematic mainstreaming and operationalization of these issues across all of FAO’s work. 28 p.
Practical guide for the Incorporation of the Intersectionality approach in sustainable rural development programmes and projects
01/01/2023
This guide aims to provide an overview of innovative and culturally sensitive work methodologies for identifying inequalities and present an intersectional action and transformation strategy for planning and implementing policies to collaborate with rural populations. 55 pp.
Gender equality and women's empowerment in food and agriculture - Kenya
01/01/2023
This initiative adopts holistic, integrated and transformative approaches to tackle deep-rooted causes of gender inequalities. It engages both women and men in sensitization, capacity development, dialogue, analysis, and action over gender equality, collective action, local issues and farm business for a better life. 2 pp.
Fighting child labour in Burkina Faso, Mali and Pakistan
01/01/2023
With funding from the European Union, the CLEAR Cotton project “Eliminating child labour and forced labour in the cotton, textile and garment value chains” was launched in 2018 to support the elimination of child labour and forced labour in the cotton, textile and garment value chains in target producing countries. 48 p.