Publications
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.
Dimitra Clubs: a unique approach
01/06/2015
Over 1300 Dimitra Clubs exist in sub-Saharan Africa today, involving about 30,000 women and men. The Dimitra clubs encourage their members and the communities to play an active role in development. 2 p.
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.
Maximizing Women’s Participation in a Fisheries Livelihoods Project: The Philippine experience
11/05/2015
This case study describes the work of the Regional Fisheries Livelihood Programme (RFLP) in the Zamboanga del Norte province of the Philippines: the gender mainstreaming efforts and interventions, the results and gender impact of such interventions, success stories, lessons learned and recommendations for programme improvement and sustainability. 20 pp.
Dimitra Newsletter 26
31/03/2015
The Dimitra newsletter outlines the Dimitra project’s most recent activities and achievements, especially the development and growing impact of the listeners’ clubs. This edition discusses how Dimitra clubs in Senegal are helping contain the threat of Ebola, how 240 new clubs in Niger are in place as part of the struggle against climate change, and much more. 24 pp.
Gender Opportunities and Constraints in Inclusive Business Models – The case study of Unifrutti in Mindanao, Philippines
16/03/2015
Like many developing countries, the Philippines is making vigorous efforts to attract and facilitate private investment in agriculture with the expectation that such investment will contribute to production growth, poverty reduction and food security. The cases analysed in this report show that the investment models and contractual arrangements implemented by Unifrutti – a major private company producer, processor and exporter of pineapple and banana in the Mindanao Region – have had 84 pp.
Mainstreaming gender into forest policies in Asia and the Pacific
11/03/2015
This report documents key findings of a regional initiative on ‘Mainstreaming gender into forest policies of developing Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission (APFC) member countries,’ coordinated jointly by FAO and RECOFTC – The Center for People and Forests. 32 p.