Webinars and Events
11/6
2024
Commit to Grow Equality: FAO Council Side Event
Hybrid Event, 11/06/2024
This event seeks to raise awareness of FAO’s global initiative ‘Commit to Grow Equality’ which is aimed at enhancing gender equality and women's empowerment in agrifood systems through financing, investments and partnerships. The event will include a high-level call to action; a presentation of the initiative, participation modality and ‘Commitments Matrix’; and a panel discussion featuring exp...
21/5
2024
International Tea Day 2024: Honouring women around the world, from crop to cup
Hybrid Event, 21/05/2024
The observance of the International Tea Day aims to raise awareness of the key role the sector plays in reducing extreme poverty (SDG1), fighting hunger (SDG2), empowering women (SDG5), supporting the sustainable use of the terrestrial ecosystem (SDG15), and in contributing to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This year, the event, inaugurated by FAO Director-Gener...
13/3
2024
Alternative Approaches to Collateral to Increase Rural Women’s Access to Finance
Virtual Event, 13/03/2024
In many developing countries, women in agrifood systems continue to face challenges in accessing financial services, despite their significant contribution to food production. There are many factors that contribute to this, including the collateral requirements of financial institutions. This event will offer a platform to discuss alternative approaches for sharing and managing risk that can he...
8/3
2024
International Women’s Day 2024 - Invest in women: Accelerate progress
Hybrid Event, 08/03/2024
The United Nations theme for IWD 2024 is “Invest in women: Accelerate progress”, which recognizes that investing in women is a human rights imperative and cornerstone for building inclusive and equitable societies.
5/3
2024
Report Launch: The unjust climate
Hybrid Event, 05/03/2024
The new "The unjust climate" report was launched during a high level event, where novel empirical evidence on the impacts of climate change on rural poor, women, and youth was presented. During the conversation, speakers shared insights on their work and explored the relevance of translating key findings into policies, investments and programmes that leave no one behind.
14/2
2024
The path to gender equality in the context of food security: transforming policy to action
Virtual Event, 14/02/2024
The Swedish Ministry for Rural Affairs, FAO, Sida, and SIANI recently discussed the landmark report published by FAO called "The Status of Women in Agrifood Systems."
29/1
2024
Addressing nutrition and gender equality in a synergic way: findings from The status of women in agrifood systems and the way forward
Virtual Event, 29/01/2024
This webinar, organized jointly by the Technical Network of Nutrition and the Technical Network on Gender, presents some of the key findings of the FAO flagship report: The status of women in agrifood systems, and discusses the way forward to strengthen the synergies between gender equality and nutrition in the next biennium.
30/11
2023
FAO-IFAD-WFP 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence - Personal security awareness & preparedness to mitigate GBV
Hybrid Event, 30/11/2023
As part of the Rome-based Agencies’ initiatives in support of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, FAO, IFAD and WFP are hosting an event that will focus on personal security awareness and preparedness to mitigate gender-based violence.