This International Women's Day, UN agencies in Rome will focus discussions on the role of information and communications technologies (ICTs) in supporting rural women's economic empowerment, voice and status.

While the digital revolution is reaching rural areas in many developing countries, the rural digital divide continues to present considerable challenges. The problem is even more acute for women, who face a triple divide: digital, rural, and gender.

Campaign to promote indigenous women’s rights and role in policy discussions for Zero Hunger

Sarah Sikatenda, a refugee from Democratic Republic of Congo, now farms to feed her family and build a future.

African Union and FAO call for greater support to rural women as agents of change to end hunger.

FAO is taking a stand against sexual and gender-based violence by participating in the UN Secretary-General’s campaign: UNiTE by 2030 to End Violence against Women.

FAO, IFAD and WFP mark International Women’s Day. Events marking this year's IWD present opportunities to mobilize global action to achieve gender equality...

All participants agreed that as governments develop longer-term economic stimulus packages to help societies recover from the pandemic.

Enhancing livelihoods of rural population, particularly of women, is part of the FAO-EU support to the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia in the implementation of the gender inclusive National Strategy for Agricultural Extensi

Gender equality and women’s empowerment play a central role in achieving food security and improved nutrition.

Pineapples prove a novel source of income for this Malawian community

Welcoming the participants to the discussion, Marcela Villareal, Director of Partnerships at FAO, emphasized the importance of parliamentarians as key development actors.

In South Sudan, FAO’s core goal is to tackle the root causes of food insecurity. Through her work, despite challenging circumstances, Ritah is helping achieve this goal, one day at a time.

“These women and their families have had a hard time, and I can afford to go without this profit for several months," she explains.

Nisansala and Sumith now happily give advice to neighbouring families who want to set up their own home gardens.

In a short period of time, Maria Rebeca has gone from a shy young girl to a local food hero.

KWDT encourages the local women to form groups, as a way of strengthening women’s voices and helping protect them from violence.

This food hero is promoting pathways for people to have access to public and private lands to grow food to nourish people in urban areas, while shortening the distance from farm to fork

This year’s International Day of Rural Women theme is “Building rural women’s resilience in the wake of COVID-19”.

For Marisol, the success of their female-led business is more than just economic.