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FAO Conference: Focus on gender
This week in Rome, FAO Membership reviews the State of Food and Agriculture with a proposed theme for the General Debate: "The Vital Role of Women in Agriculture and Rural Development" A side-event co-hosted by Ambassador of the United States of America to the UN Agencies in Rome Ertharin Cousin, Ambassador of Kenya to Italy and to FAO, IFAD, and WFP Josephine Wangari Gaita, presented: "A Dialogue on Women in Agriculture: Where to after SOFA?"

FAO Media service met the following heads of delegation:
1. Kathleen Merrigan, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture from the United States Department

(FAOPhoto/Alessandra Benedetti)

"Women and girls make up such a large percentage of the agricultural workers"
1min. 37sec.
Topic(s): Food Security
Produced by: FAO
 
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