Most rural women living around the Gulf of Gabes derive their main livelihood from beach clam fishing, so FAO and its partners are actively working to strengthen their role in this fisheries subsector.

This video documents gender mainstreaming initiatives and experiences and activities to strengthen the capacities of rural women in Guatemala and El Salvador.

Yianna Lambrou, Senior Officer for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), is interviewed during the Gender and Climate Change: Women, Research and Action Conference at the Monash Centre, Prato, Italy (September 15-16, 2011). Video produced by the Rock Ethics Institute at Pennsylvania State University.

The findings of FAO's State of Food and Agriculture report 2010-11 (SOFA): "Women in Agriculture: Closing the gender gap for development," were the focus of a high-level roundtable debate organized by the three Rome-based UN agencies - FAO, IFAD and WFP. This video is a short excerpt from the event.

FAO's 2010-11 edition of The State of Food and Agriculture report makes a powerful business case for promoting gender equality in agriculture. In this video, Terri Raney, editor of The State of Food and Agriculture, gives a short interview on the importance of achieving gender equality for agricultural development and food security.