Publications
FAO policy on gender equality
07/05/2013
The FAO Policy on Gender Equality provides a framework that guides the Organization’s efforts to achieve gender equality in all its technical work and assesses results. The policy outlines FAO’s goal and objectives related to gender equality and delineates an accountability structure for ensuring policy oversight and achievement of results. 24 pp.
Governing land for women and men
18/03/2013
This technical guide aims to assist in the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security, by providing guidance that supports the Guidelines’ principle of gender equality in tenure governance. The guide focuses on equity and on how land tenure can be governed in ways that address the different needs and priorities of women and men. 120 pp.
Farmer Field Schools engage women and men in gender-based violence prevention
01/03/2013
FAO’s Junior and adult Farmer Field and Life Schools (J/FFLS) are addressing the root causes of gender-based violence and helping to prevent and mitigate the effects of HIV in northern Uganda through the provision of key life skills and knowledge in agricultural production and nutrition. 2 p.
CEDAW - A tool for gender-sensitive agriculture and rural development policy and programme formulation
22/02/2013
Agricultural policies need to address gender inequalities to ensure effective development interventions that can achieve positive and sustainable results in the lives of rural women, men, girls and boys. One powerful instrument for promoting the realization of the rights and potential of rural women and girls is the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). 38 pp.
Mainstreaming Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture
11/02/2013
FAO's The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2012 highlighted gender mainstreaming as a key issue for the sector. These developments led the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department to review progress in advancing gender equality in fisheries and aquaculture and to assess the extent to which policies, research and action projects are oriented towards gender equality and women's empowerment. 55 pp.
Guidance on how to address decent rural employment in FAO country activities (Second Edition)
01/02/2013
FAO has a crucial role to play in promoting rural employment and decent work in rural areas, specifically with respect to informal employment in agriculture. This guidance document aims to assist FAO Representatives, staff and consultants to better reflect rural employment and decent work concerns in their work. 57 pp.
Gender Equality and Food Security - Women's Empowerment as a Tool against Hunger
01/01/2013
There is a strong relationship between gender-based discrimination and the different channels through which households and individuals access food - through own-production, access to waged employment, or social protection. The report shows that while equality of treatment between women and men and food security are mutually supportive, gender equality remains an elusive goal in many parts of Asia and the Pacific.
Invisible guardians: Women manage livestock diversity
17/12/2012
This publication presents an analysis of women’s role in the sustainable use, development and conservation of animal genetic resources. The differential roles of men and women have largely been neglected in studies of animal genetic resources management, but by piecing together several strands of argument and indirect evidence it can be concluded that women are the main guardians of livestock diversity. 74 pp.