FAO is committed to promoting gender equality in its work by systematically examining and addressing the needs, priorities and experiences of both women and men throughout the development of its policies, normative standards, programmes, projects and knowledge-building activities, so that [...]

The DCED is a forum for learning about the most effective ways to fulfil the SDGs by creating economic opportunities and jobs for the poor – based on practical experience in Private Sector Development as well as on domestic policy [...]

Women’s contributions to agricultural production, processing, marketing and household food security and nutrition often go unrecognized. Despite their significance, women commonly suffer huge gender inequalities in access to land, productive resources, markets, decent jobs and information. A growing body of compelling [...]

The Gender and Disaster Network is an educational project initiated by women and men interested in gender relations in disaster contexts. FAO's Service for Special Relief Operations is dedicated to integrating a gender perspective into all aspects of the Organization's [...]

With 35 percent of the earth’s land used for crops and pastures, another 30 percent covered by forests and a full 70 percent of abstracted fresh water used by agriculture, there is no question that agriculture needs to be at [...]

The Global Migration Group (GMG) is an inter-agency group bringing together heads of agencies to promote the wider application of all relevant international and regional instruments and norms relating to migration, and to encourage the adoption of more coherent, comprehensive [...]