Gender mainstreaming in agriculture and food security: FAO Türkiye’s experiences 2021

23/08/2022

In response to the challenges outlined above, FAO Türkiye – as mandated by its national and international commitments on gender quality – cooperates with the Government of Türkiye to deliver a range of gender-mainstreamed and women-focused actions. This compilation of practices from the field aims to raise awareness among practitioners by sharing experiences and lessons learned in order to develop future actions. 48 pp.

Gender assessment in plantation forestry in Uganda

22/08/2022

Empowering women in forestry can create significant development opportunities and generate important additional benefits for their households and communities. Therefore, FAO conducted a study to assess status of gender equality and women empowerment in plantation forestry in Uganda and make recommendations on how to better integrate gender equality in commercial forestry. 60 pp.

2021 in Review - Joint Programme on Gender Transformative Approaches for Food Security and Nutrition

01/08/2022

This booklet presents the second annual review of the achievements of the EU-RBA Joint Programme on Gender Transformative Approaches for Food Security and Nutrition. It is broadly structured along the four pillars of the JP GTA, with sections focusing on knowledge generation, country-level activities, capacity development and learning, and policy support and institutional engagement. 11 pp.

Gender, Water and Agriculture - Assessing the Nexus in Palestine

23/07/2022

Gender-responsive water and agriculture assessments study the relative situation of women and men in different communities regarding water access, governance and usage. A study has been implemented in Palestine using the Gender Responsive Water Assessment methodolgy developed under the Water Efficiency, productivity and Sustainability regional project and this flyer summarizes the activity, as well as the main recommendations extracted from the study. 2 pp.

Gender, water and agriculture

22/07/2022

The role of women in fetching, preserving and managing productive and non-productive water often goes unrecognized and understudied. This assessment aims to shed light on the different contributions and benefits of women and men in relation to agricultural roles, responsibilities and resources, focusing mainly on productive agricultural resources, including water, to inform more efficient, equitable and gender-responsive programmes in the future. 76 pp.

Gender, agrifood value chains and climate-resilient agriculture in Small Island Developing States

20/07/2022

This document seeks to enrich the knowledge and evidence base on gender, food systems and resilience in the SIDS of the Caribbean, the Pacific, the Atlantic, the Indian Ocean and South China Sea (AIS) region and explores the interconnections between gender equality, climate resilience and agrifood value chains in SIDS, from a food systems perspective. 80 pp.

Consultation for the development of the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Gender Equality and Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment in the context of Food Security and Nutrition

29/06/2022

This document summarizes the online Consultation for the development of the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Gender Equality and Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment in the context of Food Security and Nutrition held on the FAO Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum) from 16 September to 30 November 2021. 15 pp.

Women processing fish as a business

23/06/2022

This fact sheet supports a series of videos created to promote peer-to-peer learning. The videos were created under the FAO project “Empowering women in fisheries for sustainable food systems”, financed by Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad). The videos can be used as training tools to help share knowledge and learning on best practices in small-scale fishing communities. 1 pp.