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.

Climate change means that extreme weather – intense rainfall at times and longer dry periods at others– results in either too much or too little water for the approximately 90 percent of Senegalese farmers who practice rain-fed agriculture.

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.

Mountain women in Kyrgyzstan are collaborating with Haitian-Italian fashion designer Stella Jean to bring their traditional felt designs to the international stage.

“I feel independent”, declared one of the women entrepreneurs who participated in the Yemen’s project.

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.

In a remote Venezuelan farming town, Eliana and her family depend on their garden for food and income through droughts, an economic crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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.

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.

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.

She had started her business with USD 68 of savings, but less than two months later, the young entrepreneur raked in a hefty profit.

Patricia started farming to help cover her family’s expenses because her teaching salary was not sufficient.

Living in a conflict zone, Fiya has struggled to access the agricultural materials she needs to make a living and provide food for her family. An FAO project is helping her, and many others, continue providing for themselves in spite of the conflict.

Since 2015, FAO participated in the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaigns in Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, and Turkey.

New grant programme will fund labour-saving agricultural machinery and equipment for women living in the Ateni, Plevi, Tvishi and Sori communities of Georgia.

After losing his crops to a cyclone, João Guerra now has to adapt his livelihood to survive a pandemic too.

Today, Istaahil is very much a businesswoman, using around 80 percent of the fruits and vegetables grown in the garden to supply food for the restaurant.

Being granted land was one of the main achievements of the project. However, for Cecilia, one that was even more important was the change of mindset within her community.

For Madino, and the other 20,700 families assisted during the last Deyr season, Cash+ support was a chance to exit hunger.

Karima’s saffron business is booming, with a little help from a FAO project.