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.

很少有人会想到，来自太空的尖端技术和数据，结合国内森林保护工作者的专业知识，可以有力支持巴拉圭与毁林做斗争。

2019年，联合国粮食及农业组织（粮农组织）在巴拉圭首都亚松森组织了为期一周的培训，Katherin Patricia Insfrán Chena等20名国际和国内专家参加了培训。

此次培训是粮农组织与欧盟委员会联合研究中心联合发起的全球遥感测绘项目的一部分，这是一项开创性的研究，由欧洲联盟和挪威国际气候和森林倡议资助，旨在通过将本土专业知识与最新卫星数据相结合，以深入了解森林面积变化趋势和导致毁林的原因。

从渔业和水产养殖业，女性占劳动力的一半，但她们往往从事最不稳定和收入最低的工作；到土地农业，妇女通常在田地里劳作，但却不拥有土地；再到对妇女和女童的具体营养需求，或对气候变化及其影响的性别体验长期视而不见 — 如果不坚决推动性别平等，就不可能有粮食安全的未来。

粮农组织于两年前任命首席科学家时，选择了一名女性担任该职位。女性既可以成为强大的创新者，也可以成为创新的受益者。

莱蒂跃跃欲试，准备接手家里鱼塘的管理工作。

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.

2020年是《北京宣言和行动纲领》公布25周年，它为动员全球行动以实现性别平等及所有妇女和女童权利提供了前所未有的机遇。

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

应对气候变化对粮食安全负面影响的一个途径是通过进一步对常用粮食产品及其利用方式的创新开展研究。

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