• Commitment to human rights and the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security
• Non-discrimination, no one should be subjected to any form of discrimination under law and policies as well as in practice.
• Empowerment of all women and girls,  recognizing them as rights-holders, agents of change and leaders and promoting their agency and autonomy, individually and collectively.
• Tackling structural barriers to gender equality, promoting innovative gender equality approaches that tackle both the symptoms, including women’s restricted access to resources and services, and the structural causes of gender inequality, including discriminatory laws, policies, social norms, attitudes, harmful customary practices and gender stereotypes. This includes engaging men and boys to strengthen joint responsibility and commitment for successful transformation of unequal power relations.
• Country ownership, considering each country’s development priorities and specific context.
• Strengthening policy, legal and institutional coherence in mainstreaming GEWGE on aspects related to food security and nutrition.
• Context specific gender analysis and approaches, promoting inclusive and participatory context-specific gender analysis and actions, avoiding generalizations and stereotypes.
• Multidimensional approaches, recognizing that women and girls often experience multiple forms of discriminations simultaneously based on, inter alia, race, colour, sex, age, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth, disability or other status which affect their food security and nutrition outcomes.
• Gender mainstreaming combined with targeted actions, alongside fostering transformative approaches.
• Evidence-based approach enabling informed decision-making and the development of evidence-based monitoring and evaluation systems and effective responses and policies.
• Inclusiveness and participation in policy- and law-making processes, to foster policies, legal frameworks and practices that promote the full, equal and meaningful participation of all women and girls, including Indigenous women, local communities, as well as women-led organizations.

Governments are urged to:

(i) Strengthen the implementation of existing obligations under national and international law, including human rights law, with due regard to voluntary commitments under applicable international and regional instruments.

(ii) Implement, strengthen or introduce legislation promoting non-discrimination and gender equality.

(iii) Ensure equal access to justice and legal assistance so that all women and girls have their rights protected, including the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security, and on issues related to property, in particular land tenure, in rural and urban areas, inheritance and financial services.

(iv) Ensure, where possible, that targeted health and universal social protection measures are in place to support all those in need, particularly women and girls especially during emergencies, shocks and protracted crises.

(v) Promote gender mainstreaming across different relevant sectors, including agriculture and food sectors at all governmental levels.

Governments, with the support of all relevant stakeholders including civil society, Indigenous Peoples, local communities, private sector and development partners, are urged to:

(i) Design and implement gender-responsive or gender-sensitive public policies and programmes based on country-specific and country-owned gender assessments.

(ii) Promote the full engagement of men and boys as agents and beneficiaries of change and as strategic partners and allies in addressing the structural barriers to gender equality, and as actors and participants in processes and strategies, especially those led by women. Their active involvement is essential for successful transformation of unequal power relations and discriminatory social systems, institutions, structures and norms. Promote and give more visibility to positive participation of men and boys.

(iii) Address gender discriminatory socio-cultural norms at all levels of the food system that perpetuate gender inequality in the context of food security and nutrition. In order to achieve gender equality, transformation needs to go from individual to systemic change and across informal to formal spheres of life. Ensure the full, equal and meaningful participation of women and men in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of food security and nutrition programmes and policies.

(iv) Regularly collect, analyse and use data disaggregated by sex, age, disability and other variables related to all forms of discrimination as well as gender-sensitive statistics and indicators, including reflecting women’s and men’s current and traditional Indigenous and local knowledge, with the free, prior and informed consent, as applicable, in accordance with the prevailing laws and regulations including data protection and rights to privacy.

(v) Promote sustainable food systems that are gender equal and, as appropriate, support local, regional and national enterprises in production, processing, consumption and distribution of food, and the production of affordable nutritious food that meets food preferences, as nationally applicable, and that contributes to healthy diets. Build the capacity of micro, small and medium scale enterprises (MSMEs) to promote sustainable production by enabling the roles of women as MSMEs entrepreneurs in respect of local and national laws and institutions.

(vi) Ensure adequate financial, technical and human resources, supported by political commitment and public policies that promote an enabling environment to generate social, economic and cultural changes with specific policies, programmes and institutions that address the symptoms and root causes of gender inequalities. Measures to support gender-sensitive or gender-responsive budgeting should be put in place and implemented where possible.

(vii) Undertake strategic and comprehensive communications on gender mainstreaming and a gender perspective in national agriculture and food systems including investment opportunities.

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