Publications
Ensuring safe access to energy for all
01/09/2015
Almost three billion people globally rely on wood, coal, charcoal or animal waste as sources of fuel for cooking and heating. Collecting fuels – fuelwood in particular – is often women and girls’ responsibility and can be an arduous and burdensome task, and sometimes, outright dangerous.Unsustainable harvesting of the scarce wood resources further degrades the environment. 2 p.
Rural Women in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
22/07/2015
A new book from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reveals that rural women in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia often face the same hardships as their sisters in other regions of the world. Rural Women in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, published in hardcover this week and also available online, uses data to provide a better overview of the gender gap in agriculture and rural areas. 60 pp.
The impact of cash transfers on the economic advancement, decision-making and capacity of women
08/07/2015
Issued by the From Protection to Production programme, this policy brief considers the concrete benefits of CT schemes for women, particularly in the context of economic empowerment, economic advancement, decision-making power, self-esteem and social empowerment. 4 pp.
Running out of time: The reduction of women’s work burden in agricultural production
24/06/2015
Based on a broad literature review, this publication discusses rural women’s time poverty in agriculture, elaborates on its possible causes and implications and provides insight into the various types of constraints that affect the adoption of solutions for reducing work burden. The paper raises questions about the adequacy of women’s access to technologies, services and infrastructure and about the control women have over their time, given their major contributions to agriculture. 46 pp.
Empowering women in Afghanistan: reducing gender gaps through Integrated Dairy Schemes
19/06/2015
This publication assesses the gender impacts of the Integrated Dairy Schemes (IDS) approach in Afghanistan and results from a field mission to Afghanistan. Findings confirmed that the IDS approach has a sustainable positive impact on rural Afghan women and their families, both in terms of increased income availability and social empowerment. 67 pp.
Pakistan: Country gender assessment of agriculture and the rural sector (Country Gender Assessment Series)
04/06/2015
This assessment examines the constraints and challenges women face in agriculture across four provinces and three regions of Pakistan. It presents key recommendations that focus on promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women in agriculture and identifying means for enhancing the economic impact of women’s work in agriculture, improving household food security and nutrition. 156 pp.
Running Out of Time: The Reduction of women's work burden in agricultural production
01/06/2015
This paper raises questions about the adequacy of women’s access to technologies, services and infrastructure and about the control women have over their time, given their major contributions to agriculture. It also look s into the available labour-saving technologies, practices and services that can support women to better address the demands derived from the domestic and productive spheres and improve their well-being. 46 p.
Globefish Research Programme, Vol. 119: Executive Summary
20/05/2015
Women participate in all segments of the seafood industry, including fishing, farming, trading and selling, monitoring and administration. But the widespread lack of consideration for their role and work in the seafood industry is, in many respects, disadvantageous to them and ultimately bars them from participating fully and equitably in the industry. 8 pp.