International Women’s Day 2022 Theme: "Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow"

Hybrid Event, 08/03/2022

This year’s theme "Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow" recognizes the crucial contribution of women and girls in climate adaptation and mitigation and resilience building.

 

Women in Research and Extension: Advancing Gender Equality in Innovation in Asia-Pacific

Virtual Event, 08/03/2022

The webinar aims to inspire and mobilize change to help advance women’s role as innovators in their respective areas of research and extension, to ensure their meaningful and inclusive contribution to the transformation of agri-food systems in the Asia-Pacific region.

Agrifood systems facing climate change in the MENA region: gender equality for better resilience

Virtual Event, 07/03/2022

This event, co-organised by the UfM, FAO Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa (FAO RNE) and CIHEAM, aims to raise awareness on the gender-differentiated impacts of climate change on agri-food systems, and on the interventions that are needed to address them, build women and girls’ resilience, and unleash their potential to mitigate climate change and adapt to its impacts.

Gender-based Violence: Strengthening our resolve to act

Virtual Event, 08/12/2021

In commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the three Rome-based agencies hosted a webinar to close the "16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence (GBV)" campaign and raise awareness of the persistence of gender-based violence and the implications for food security.

Passcode: GBV2021+

Policy Dialogue: Gendered Impacts of COVID-19 and Gender-Responsive Policymaking in Agriculture and Food Systems during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Virtual Event, 15/11/2021

This Policy Dialogue presents recent findings from Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Uganda, and Zambia on the gendered-differentiated impacts of COVID-19 on men and women in rural areas and the agricultural sector and offers a forum for policymakers to discuss the findings and explore important elements for the design and implementation of gender-responsive policies and programmes th...

Parliamentarian Action #6 | Gender equality action for climate resilient food systems: parliamentarians' perspectives

Virtual Event, 29/09/2021

The sixth virtual dialogue allowed for an exchange of experiences and lessons for strengthening gender-responsive and climate-resilient food systems, in addition to the expected role of parliamentarians in Africa.

Gender Transformative Approaches to Financial Inclusion for Food Security and Nutrition

Virtual Event, 01/07/2021

In this webinar, experts in financial inclusion and women’s empowerment share examples of transformative approaches that can improve access to financial products and services for rural women. This event was co-hosted by FAO and IFAD.

Passcode: JPGTA.2021

Parliamentarian Action #5 | Alternative Approaches to Collateral to Increase Women’s Access to Rural and Agricultural Finance

Virtual Event, 29/06/2021

This virtual dialogue of the Parliamentarians Actions for Gender Equality and Resilient Food Systems in Response to Covid-19 series discusses the perceived and actual risks of agricultural lending by formal financial institutions and how this situation is exacerbated for rural women, who often do not inherit and possess assets or properties that can be accepted by formal financial institutions ...