The World Food Forum (WFF)'s Global Youth Action Initiative (Youth Initiative), in collaboration with the Permanent Missions of Italy and Indonesia to the United Nations in New York, hosted a side event at the 69th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69). Held on 19 March at the Liaison...

Empowering rural women is central to fulfilling the mission of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to eradicate hunger and ensure food security globally. Women play critical roles in agrifood systems as farmers, entrepreneurs, and community leaders. However, their...

Women have a central role and are at the heart of agrifood systems, driving transformation and advancing economic, environmental, and social progress required for sustainable development. Women’s empowerment is not only beneficial to individuals and  but also crucial for the well-being...

Rural communities worldwide are grappling with escalating challenges brought on by the climate crisis. As disasters become more frequent and severe, and environmental conditions grow harsher, the burden on these communities intensifies. However, it is women who are bearing the heaviest brunt of these impacts, including significant financial losses.

La lucha contra la deforestación en el Paraguay está tomando impulso gracias al insólito uso de tecnología de vanguardia y datos de satélite, junto con los conocimientos de los especialistas locales en la protección del medio ambiente.

En 2019, la FAO organizó una formación de una semana...

Desde la pesca y la acuicultura, donde las mujeres constituyen la mitad de la fuerza laboral, pero ocupan la mayor parte de los empleos más inestables y peor pagados, a la agricultura, donde a menudo trabajarán los campos, pero no serán sus propietarias; a una ceguera persistente a las nec...

Céleste ve con entusiasmo la oportunidad de cumplir funciones más destacadas en la gestión de la granja piscícola de su familia.

In the past ten years there have been tremendous efforts to develop methodologies and tools to measure women’s empowerment in the context of agriculture in a comprehensive and standardized way

Several low- and middle-income countries have demonstrated significant progresses in measuring and promoting women’s empowerment in agriculture

Held on the sidelines of CSW66, representatives from the UN Rome-based Agencies and UN Women strongly recommitted to implementing interventions to carry out holistic and integrated interventions for rural women.

Panelists spoke openly against systemic practices that perpetuate gender inequalities and youth exclusion in climate dialogue.

66th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW66): Side event by FAO, Mountain Partnership and Slow Food International

Young farmer Ruramiso Mashumba is spearheading change in Zimbabwe.

Government officials appreciated FAO’s work in reducing hunger and enhancing the agri-food system by empowering women and closing the gender group.

FAO sub-offices in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Sindh provinces also celebrated the day with the staff taking a gender equality pledge and celebrating the day committing to achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women & girls.

The Near East and North Africa (NENA) Regional Office celebrated International Women’s Day with its staff on March 8, 2020.

En 2020 se celebra el 25º aniversario de la Declaración y Plataforma de Acción de Beijing, lo que supone una oportunidad sin precedentes para movilizar la acción global con el fin de lograr la igualdad de género.

The comprehensive programme not only helps close the skills gap, but also plays a key role in extending knowledge to marginalized and disadvantaged populations.

Una forma de abordar los efectos negativos del cambio climático en la seguridad alimentaria es seguir investigando los alimentos comunes y encontrar nuevas formas innovadoras de utilizarlos.

While rice cultivation thrives, villagers, especially women, earned a living along the rice production value chain, working as parboilers, millers and marketers.