Publications
Voluntary Guidelines on Gender Equality and Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment in the Context of Food Security and Nutrition (Pocket essentials)
01/09/2026
The guidelines explore and address the systemic barriers and the multiple challenges that women and girls face in food security and nutrition, providing entry points and a comprehensive framework for stakeholders to create more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable food systems that benefit everyone. These pocket essentials introduce the guidelines' nine focus areas. 26 p.
Sowing stories, cultivating equality | My hands still know the soil: A woman farmer’s journey of resilience (By Beryl Oletha Seaton, Saint Kitts and Nevis)
01/08/2026
From childhood, Beryl found joy and belonging in the soil, and over the years farming became part of her identity and a refuge from everyday life. When an old injury left her unable to walk and she later lost her job, what frightened her most was the thought of losing the land she loved. Instead of asking whether she could continue, Beryl began asking what was still possible. 9 p.
Sowing stories, cultivating equality |Connecting to life: A journey of reconnection with our inner nature (By Ada Navarro Puche, Spain)
01/08/2026
Growing up in a forestry nursery, Ada developed an early connection with nature. Years later, feeling disconnected from her values in a corporate career, she found a new path through permaculture and regenerative agriculture. Together with her partner Víctor, she began restoring abandoned terraced land in Catalonia, Spain, bringing life back to the soil through careful water management, organic matter, biodiversity and farming. 9 p.
Sowing stories, cultivating equality |Counting sheep but still no sleep (By Anna Sperling, Italy)
01/08/2026
For two decades, Anna built her life around a small agropastoral farm in central Italy, deeply connected to the land and to the sheep she knew by name. When access to grazing land disappeared, she faced losing not only her livelihood, but a way of life, years of knowledge and part of her own identity. Refusing to let it all disappear, Anna has kept a small core herd and continues to preserve the skills and traditions she has nurtured over the years. 11 p.
Sowing stories, cultivating equality | Let our medicine be our food: A family farmer’s call (By Bernice Chase, Barbados)
01/08/2026
Alarmed by an increasing prevalence of food imports and rising dietary issues, Bernice turns the plants Barbadians dismiss as weeds into teas, sauces and breads, winning national food awards. She joins an association of women farmers, and together, they plan to open a market space to sell their local products directly. Just before they are set to move into the promised space, the members learn it has already been rented to a stall for imported foods. 10 p.
Gender Asia Pacific Newsletter, August 2026 – Issue #8
01/08/2026
The Gender Asia Pacific Newsletter is issued periodically to showcase FAO’s best practices, achievements, latest knowledge products and events promoting gender equality and women's empowerment in the Asia-Pacific region. 7 p.
Sowing stories, cultivating equality | Harvesting tea and uplifting communities in the Nepalese hillside: The story of women tea pluckers, a tea technician, a cooperative and the woman who rose to lead them (By Binita Lamichhane Sharma, Nepal)
01/08/2026
When Binita begins working with as a technician with a tea cooperative in the hills of Ilam, the women tea pluckers are hesitant to accept her at first. She listens, learns from village elders and gradually earns their trust. The women begin joining her training sessions, sharing their own knowledge while building confidence to speak up and take part in cooperative decisions. Among them is Bishnu, who grows from tea plucker to community leader and elected cooperative board member.9 p.
Enabling linkages between social protection and agriculture for women farmers in Madhesh Province of Nepal (JP RWEE)
01/08/2026
The policy brief examines how stronger linkages between social protection and agriculture can support women farmers in Madhesh Province, Nepal. Drawing on national evidence, local context and JP RWEE's experience, it outlines key barriers and opportunities for improving access to services, strengthening resilience, promoting women’s economic empowerment and enhancing coordination between agriculture and social protection systems. 8 p.