Gender

Success stories

FAO's work on gender equality and women's empowerment at country level
15/06/2021
Turna’s success and proven track record in production and marketing has enabled it to survive the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
24/05/2021
For the environment, mangrove forests are a crossroads for ocean, continental and instream ecosystems.
19/05/2021
Following a highly participatory and interactive format, conversation focused on power dynamics and their impact on projects, project evaluation and community engagement.
29/04/2021
The objective of the third webinar was to review the achievements, potential and challenges of community engagement for empowerment approaches in rural development and humanitarian interventions.
29/04/2021
With the money the women collectively generate, they are helping support their families to meet their basic needs such as food and healthcare.
09/04/2021
As a result of her life-long experiences, she knows very well the challenges women face in agriculture as she had to go through many of them.
01/04/2021
FAO and the CGIAR GENDER Platform hosted a technical learning webinar focused on sharing tangible results of gender transformative approaches (GTAs) applied in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors.
22/03/2021
By reinforcing access to water, FAO is supporting women farmers in ensuring that these gardens are productive and profitable.
12/03/2021
Women play a key role in processing traditional dairy products, and there is a high local demand, but there is little recognition for the women’s work behind it.
08/03/2021
“I feel independent”, declared one of the women entrepreneurs who participated in the Yemen’s project.
08/03/2021
With the backing of FAO, the MPP initiative currently works across eight countries to strengthen the resilience of mountain peoples, their economies and their environments.
07/03/2021
On International Women's Day, we must take the opportunity to bring awareness to the profound contributions rural women make to society, as well as the ways in which they are underrepresented and hindered.
05/03/2021
Eliana is part of a group of 387 families from Lara state, beneficiaries of an FAO project aimed at increasing the production of family agriculture.
23/02/2021
For the women, one of the most important parts of the project is the sheep-rearing training groups, formed by the HFLS project and run by the women themselves.
17/02/2021
The project supports 270 women's cooperatives, associations and informal groups through capacity building on gender equality and several soft skills like communication, negotiation, and ethics.
11/02/2021
On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science we celebrate indigenous women and their knowledge, and we would like to highlight some indigenous women scientists and their achievements.
29/01/2021
She had started her business with USD 68 of savings, but less than two months later, the young entrepreneur raked in a hefty profit.
27/01/2021
Patricia started farming to help cover her family’s expenses because her teaching salary was not sufficient.
09/12/2020
With the financial contribution of Kuwait, FAO has provided 3 000 rural families with seasonal vegetable seedlings and tools to begin farming again.
25/11/2020
Since 2015, FAO participated in the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaigns in Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, and Turkey.