Publications
Support to Income Creation in Mongolia (Secim): Improving Local Dairy Processing Through Promoting Women
23/09/2020
This brochure spotlights the project that focused on increasing the quality and variety of dairy products being processed by women-dominated milk producer groups. The project aimed to increase the income of rural women by creating jobs along the dairy value chain. Targeting the rural economy in this manner is important in Mongolia because the processing of dairy products is typically undertaken by women. 11 pp.
The EAF-Nansen Programme Gender Strategy
23/09/2020
This is a strategy document of the EAF-Nansen Programme that was formulated to guide the Programme’s activities on gender mainstreaming. It was prepared with the aim of achieving the outcome, purpose and goals defined in the Programme Document, while contributing to the accomplishment of FAO’s strategic objectives. 38 pp.
The Philippines: Impact of Early Warning Early Action Exploring the interplay between El Niño-induced drought, conflict and gender
17/09/2020
This study analyses the outcome of acting early on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines between 2018 and 2019, ahead of an El Niño‑induced drought. It evaluates the effectiveness of anticipatory actions and highlights families’ perspectives on the benefits of acting early. 31 pp.
Indigenous Women, daughters of Mother Earth
16/09/2020
This brochure presents some of the main challenges that indigenous women face. It provides recommendations to eliminate the barriers that prevent them from achieving their full potential and their ability to contribute to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. 16 pp.
Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in the context of Food Security and Nutrition
15/09/2020
The purpose of this Scoping Paper is to contribute to a preliminary discussion on the development of Voluntary Guidelines on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in the context of Food Security and Nutrition. This paper presents a conceptual summary of the subject and a framework through which challenges can be identified. Evidence of the main links between gender equality, women’s empowerment, and food security and nutrition is then presented. 48 pp.
Toolkit for value chain analysis and market development integrating climate resilience and gender responsiveness
01/09/2020
This toolkit aims to help countries in selecting and analyzing value-chain opportunities to improve climate change resilience and reduce gender inequalities. Key strengths of the value chain approach include assisting in adaptation planning, analysis of vulnerabilities and hotspots across the value chain, assessing risks at each node, identifying new market opportunities to help communities adapt, and suggesting partnerships 140 pp.
Deconstructing the gender gap in rural financial inclusion
21/08/2020
This paper examines the financial habits and constraints of rural women in Mozambique and Tanzania with the objective of answering how and why they differ from those of their male counterparts. Building on the results achieved through this analysis, this paper aims to develop a range of general recommendations that can assist local policymakers, public stakeholders and formal financial service providers in shaping their approach towards a more gender-sensitive provision of rural 78 pp.
FAO COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme - Economic inclusion and social protection to reduce poverty: Pro-poor COVID-19 responses for an inclusive post-pandemic economic recovery
20/08/2020
The socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic add urgency to the call to eradicate poverty, particularly in rural areas. Rural women bear a disproportionate burden in the COVID-19 crisis as agricultural producers, processors and traders, and are affected by deeply rooted gender discriminatory social norms and economic practices. This brochure considers how the pervasive inequalities between rural and urban inhabitants, rich and poor, women and men exacerbate these effects. 5 pp.