Publications
Good practices for promoting gender equality through rural advisory services
01/12/2022
This objective of this publication is to support RAS providers to adopt and adapt these good practices so that they can design and deliver truly gender-responsive services. 96 pp.
Mountain women of the world – Challenges, resilience and collective power
01/12/2022
This publication highlights the stories and voices of mountain women, with a focus on rural areas and mountain tourism, and outlines a path forward to promote their empowerment and help them to realize their potential as agents of sustainable mountain development. 68 pp.
Practical guide on how to eliminate gender-based violence and protect rural communities through food security and agriculture interventions
01/12/2022
This guidance is meant to support country offices, FAO staff and strategic partners in the fight against any form of gender-based violence, facilitate the integration of protection issues in an FAO project cycle, and support the collection and analysis of data disaggregated by sex and other social variables for generating the evidence for policy-making and planning of gender-responsive and gender-transformative interventions. 96 p.
Gender, agriculture and rural development in Europe and Central Asia
01/12/2022
In its 2011 flagship publication, The State of Food and Agriculture: Women in Agriculture, the FAO made the case that women’s unequal access to resources and opportunities not only holds them back but is a determining factor in the underperformance of the agriculture sector in many countries. 42 p.
Strengthening gender-responsive climate policies and actions in agrifood value chains
01/11/2022
This brief showcases promising research and innovation, particularly from countries engaged through the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism (FMM) 149 project. Senegal, Samoa and Zambia are highlighted as examples to inform policymakers, guide gender-responsive investments, policies, and strategies in countries’ work in response to climate change. 7 pp.
Strengthening gender-responsive climate policies and actions in aquaculture and fisheries
01/11/2022
This brief showcases promising research and innovation, particularly from countries engaged through FAO's Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism (FMM) 149 project. Samoa, Uganda and Belize are highlighted as examples to inform policymakers, guide gender-responsive investments, policies, and strategies in countries’ work in response to climate change. 7 pp.
Strengthening gender-responsive climate policies and actions in climate-smart agriculture
01/11/2022
This brief showcases promising research and innovation, particularly from countries engaged through FAO's Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism (FMM) 149 project. Senegal, Uganda and Belize are highlighted as examples to inform policymakers, guide gender-responsive investments, policies, and strategies in countries’ work in response to climate change. 8 pp.
Strengthening gender-responsive climate policies and actions in the livestock sector
01/11/2022
This brief showcases promising research and innovation, particularly from countries engaged through FAO's Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism (FMM) 149 project. India and Botswana are highlighted as examples to inform policymakers and guide gender-responsive, climate-smart investments and policies in countries’ livestock sectors. 7 pp.