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Committee on World Food Security side event: "Connecting social protection, food and health systems for greater impact on poverty, food security and nutrition; opportunities and challenges "
23/10/2024
This side event will explore the critical intersection of social protection, health, and food systems in addressing poverty, hunger, and malnutrition...
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FAO in Geneva Social Protection Dialogue - "The Human Right to Adequate Food"
15/10/2024
FAO in Geneva Social Protection thematic dialogues and World Food Day.
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Committee on World Food Security: "Harnessing climate finance and social protection for inclusive agrifood system transformation"
25/10/2024
Discussion about the strategies to scale up and enhance the role of social protection in fostering inclusive climate action for rural communities.
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Adaptive and shock responsive social protection to guarantee the rights of older people
01/08/2024
Older people often face inadequacy of social protection coverage, which undermines their resilience in times of crises.
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Promoting forest-based food security and poverty alleviation
25/07/2024
This event will showcase effective policies, measures and practices in promoting forest-based food security and nutrition, and poverty reduction.
Timor-Leste: Workshop on home-grown school feeding
01/10/2024
Event to discuss the results of an FAO pilot and ideas to scale-up the home-grown approach.
Middle East and North Africa: Policy incubator on social insurance of workers in agriculture
24/06/2024 - 26/06/2024
Expert group meeting to establish a community of practice dedicated to advancing social security for agricultural workers.
Strengthening Social Protection Systems in the Caribbean to Adapt to Climate Change
15/05/2024 - 16/05/2024
In this workshop, strategies to enhance coherence between social protection and climate change policies with government counterparts will be discussed,...
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Regional policy dialogue on social protection for rural populations in Africa
28/05/2024 - 29/05/2024
The event is expected to provide FAO with key inputs for developing a regional social protection framework for Africa.
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Dialogue on nutrition-sensitive social protection across the humanitarian-development-peace nexus
08/05/2024
There is consensus about the role of social protection policies and programmes in poverty and food insecurity reduction.
However, social assistance...
Media advisory. Pro-poor agricultural development: exploring new options for achieving it
19/05/2016
What: Seminar on “Pro-poor agricultural development: agricultural interventions and the complementary role of social protection” Who: As part of the...
Pro-poor agricultural development: exploring new options for achieving it
19/05/2016
As part of the Social Protection week (16-20 May), organized by the Government of Zambia and partners, the Ministry of Community Development and Social...
Curso: Pobreza Rural, Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional y Sistemas Inclusivos de Protección Social en Mesoamérica
15/08/2016 - 09/10/2016
La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y Agricultura (FAO), en colaboración con la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el...
Agriculture and social protection together can eliminate hunger in Rwanda. What can the Parliament do to make this happen?
29/11/2016
FAO has organized a full-day plenary session at the Parliament of Rwanda to increase the understanding of the Rwandan Parliamentarians on the important...
How social protection programmes further rural women’s economic empowerment
22/03/2017
“Social protection can be a powerful tool to break the negative spiral of gender inequalities,” said Ms. Carla Mucavi, Director of the FAO Liaison Office...
Technical briefing on “Using Social Protection to Promote Rural Development for All”
10/05/2017
“Social protection is an investment and not a cost. It allows family farmers to reach their productive potential while contributing to enhance local...
The state of evidence on social cash transfers in Africa & beyond. Sixth Transfer Project Workshop
07/06/2017 - 09/06/2017
Approximately 125 social protection experts and stakeholders from 30 countries gathered for the workshop to review the rigorous evidence from impact...
SEMINAR | Cash for everyone? Exploring Universal Basic Income
10/02/2020
FAO’s Economic and Social Development Departmentis pleased to invite you to the following seminar: Cash for everyone? Exploring Universal Basic...
Global e-conference on social protection
09/10/2020
The global e-conference on social protection (Turning the COVID-19 crisis into an opportunity: What’s next for social protection?”) has come and...