Publications
Bridging the gap: FAO's programme for gender equality in agriculture and rural development
16/11/2009
This publication illustrates how FAO's new strategic objective to achieve gender equity in access to resources, goods, services and decision-making in rural areas will be mainstreamed into all of its programmes. 36 pp.
Gender equity in agriculture and rural development
15/11/2009
Mainstreaming gender equity has become a strategic objective of FAO. This quick guide outlines the gender dimensions of each strategic objective, and FAO action to achieve gender equity in agriculture and rural development. 12pp.
Women and rural employment
22/10/2009
A Policy Brief that presents figures on women and rural employment, highlighting the need to invest in rural women in order to fight poverty and hunger. 2pp.
Dimitra Newsletter 17
11/08/2009
This issue of the Dimitra newsletter introduces readers to the FAO project ‘Capitalisation of Good Practices in Support of Agricultural Production and Food Security’. It also presents three new radio listeners’ clubs and a rural women's community radio based in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools
23/07/2009
A methodology for teaching vulnerable children and young people about farming and how to take care of themselves. It uses a 'living classroom' approach in which the students observe the crops throughout the growing season with the help of a facilitator. 2 pp.
Dimitra Newsletter 16
01/05/2009
This issue is devoted to FAO’s efforts in the Great Lakes Region, where Farmer Field Schools have been instrumental in addressing a range of problems, including food insecurity, HIV/AIDS and violence against women. 24 pp.
Children and women’s rights to property and inheritance in Mozambique: Elements for an effective intervention strategy
09/04/2009
This publication identifies the constraints faced by widows and vulnerable children in securing their inheritance rights, and tries to identify effective intervention strategies to increase their access to property and inheritance. 64 pp.
Women and the Right to Food: International Law and State Practice
15/01/2009
In the light of Millennium Development Goals No.1 – to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger – and No.3 – to promote gender equality and empower women – the present study provides an of the right to food from a gender perspective, examining relevant international instruments as well as State practice. 36 pp.