Rural Women and Girls 25 years after Beijing - critical agents of positive change

08/03/2021

Globally, and with only a few exceptions, rural and indigenous women fare worse than rural men and urban women and men on every indicator for which data are available. The complex experiences of rural and indigenous women and girls mean that they commonly face varied and deeply entrenched obstacles to empowerment. This document highlights some of the ways in which this can be achieved. 48 pp.

FAO Europe and Central Asia Gender Newsletter, February 2021 - Issue #2

28/02/2021

This publication discusses women’s and men’s experiences in agriculture and food security in the region. This approach to gender-sensitive communication also forms part of the UN system-wide plan on gender equality and women's empowerment. In each issue, you will meet our real heroes and read their stories: stories about how communities, especially women from remote villages together with various partners and governments, strive to improve lives and the ways in which 6 pp.

Minimum dietary diversity for women An updated guide to measurement - from collection to action

16/02/2021

This publication aims to promote dialogues on and appropriate application of the data towards informing policy and programming decisions and monitoring and evaluation of nutrition outcomes and progress at global, regional, and country levels. 176 pp.

FAO + Turkey Partnering for food security and sustainable management of natural resources

09/02/2021

This report sheds light on the joint efforts and projects implemented through the cooperation between Turkey and FAO. Key activities include strengthening the capacities of rural women in Turkey and Azerbaijan and developing home-based nurseries in Tajikistan.The country has benefited from wide-ranging assistance from FAO and other partners, shaped by the FAO Country Programming Framework (CPF). 56 pp.

Role of women in agriculture in Lebanon - Briefing note

01/02/2021

The role of women in agriculture in Lebanon is still not well recognized due to limited sex-disaggregated statistics and the lack of gender analysis in the sector. This brief outlines gender gaps in Lebanon in the fields of economic participation and opportunity where many women in rural areas are not aware of their basic rights. 2 pp.

Achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment in agriculture and food systems – A handbook for gender focal points

16/01/2021

Gender focal points are part of the Food and Agriculture Organization’s institutional architecture for gender, and play a key role in supporting the delivery of gender-related work. The purpose of the handbook is to serve as a comprehensive and practical reference tool for gender focal points to support their respective divisions and offices in complying with the requirements set by the corporate Policy on Gender Equality. 45 pp.

FAO Policy on Gender Equality 2020–2030

17/12/2020

Gender equality is essential to achieve FAO’s mandate of a world free from hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. The revised Policy, which will be implemented over the next ten years, is a solid instrument to drive FAO’s efforts towards addressing the inequalities that are still pervasive in agriculture and food systems and to unleash the ambitions and potential of rural women and girls. 28 pp.

Gender transformative approaches for food security, improved nutrition and sustainable agriculture – A compendium of fifteen good practices

10/12/2020

The Compendium is a product of the Joint Programme on Gender Transformative Approaches for Food Security and Nutrition implemented by FAO, IFAD and WFP and funded by the European Union. The compendium includes the individual templates of the 15 good practices, provides a synthesis of the main features of the 15 GTAs presenting the core characteristics of 15 GTAs 166 pp.