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- Community listeners’ clubs: Stepping stones for action in rural areas
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
This publication summarizes the unique experience of the community listeners’ clubs set up in Niger and the Democratic Republic of Congo by FAO-Dimitra and its partners.
- Communicating gender for rural development
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
This document is designed to promote the introduction of a gender perspective into communication for development initiatives in rural areas. The publication will be useful to all development practitioners, particularly rural communicators and staff of community radio stations.
- FAO at work 2010-2011: Women key to food security
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
This year’s FAO at work looks at the huge boost to food production that would occur if women farmers were given the same access as men to productive resources such as land and credit. The publication also reviews the evolution of the US$1.5 billion FAO field programme and highlights key events and achievements during the time period.
- Video: How do you use ComDev to promote women's participation?
[ http://www.youtube.com/user/FAOoftheUN ]
Languages: English
Communication for Development (ComDev) is a mediation process that uses communication technologies and media tools to promote social development. Eliane Najros, FAO Dimitra Project Coordinator, explains how ComDev is used to promote the active involvement of both rural women and men in decision-making.
- Video: Why do you use ComDev with a gender sensitive approach?
[ http://www.youtube.com/user/FAOoftheUN ]
Languages: English
Communication for Development (ComDev) is a mediation process that uses communication technologies and media tools to promote social development. Eliane Najros, FAO Dimitra Project Coordinator, explains why ComDev is used with a gender-sensitive approach in the Dimitra project.
- The Vital Role of Women in Agriculture and Rural Development
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
This document, prepared for the Thirty-seventh Session of the FAO Conference (Rome, 25 June - 2 July 2011), provides evidence on the vital role of women in agriculture and rural
development. It demonstrates that eliminating the gap between men and women in access to
agricultural resources and inputs would raise yields on women’s farms by 20-30 percent and
increase agricultural production in developing countries by 2.5-4 percent, which could in turn
reduce the number of undernourished people in the world by 12-17 percent or 100-150 million
people. The document also reviews policy recommendations and proven strategies for closing
the gender gap in agriculture and rural development.
- Gender dimensions of agricultural and rural employment: Differentiated pathways out of poverty
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
This report is the result of a collaborative effort of the FAO, IFAD and the ILO team working on the Gender Dimension of Rural Employment. It discusses key issues related to gender equality and rural employment in the context of poverty reduction. It presents various policy responses, empirical data and good practices.
- Gender and Rural Employment Policy Briefs
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
FAO/ IFAD/ ILO
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Rural Poverty Report 2011 - New realities, new challenges:
new opportunities for tomorrow's generation
[ http://www.ifad.org/ ]
Languages: Arabic | English | French | Italian | Spanish
The Rural Poverty Report 2011 provides a coherent and comprehensive look at rural poverty, its global consequences and the prospects for eradicating it. The report contains updated estimates by IFAD regarding how many rural poor people there are in the developing world, poverty rates in rural areas, and the percentage of poor people residing in rural areas. IFAD, 2010
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Rural Poverty Portal
[ http://www.ruralpovertyportal.org/ ]
Languages: English
Powered by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Rural Poverty Portal is a website where rural poor people, policy-makers, donors, research institutes, non-governmental organizations and other development partners can share information about eradicating rural poverty. The portal includes a section on "Gender and rural poverty" at http://www.ruralpovertyportal.org/web/guest/topic/home/tags/gender
- Food security in times of crisis: rural women speak out
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages:
Arabic |
Chinese |
English |
French |
Russian |
Spanish
Hundreds of rural women in Africa, Asia and Latin America took part recently in grassroots consultations on food insecurity and its impacts. A selection of viewpoints...
- The State
of Food
and
Agriculture
2010-2011: Women in agriculture: closing the gender gap for development
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages:
Arabic |
Chinese |
English |
French |
Russian |
Spanish
The State of Food and Agriculture 2010–11
makes the “business case” for addressing gender
issues in agriculture and rural employment. The
agriculture sector is underperforming in many
developing countries, in part because women
do not have equal access to the resources and
opportunities they need to be more productive.
The gender gap imposes real costs on society in
terms of lost agricultural output, food security
and economic growth. Promoting gender
equality is not only good for women; it is also
good for agricultural development. FAO
- Agri-Gender Statistics Toolkit
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
The "Agri-Gender Statistics Toolkit" is a database with a cross range of tools for the collection and use of sex-disaggregated agricultural data, and designed for development specialists and planners. The so-called "AGRI-GENDER DATABASE" provides examples of questions asked in agricultural census programmes implemented in selected countries in Africa over the past two decades, covering the following data items: agricultural population and households; access to productive resources; production and productivity; destination of agricultural produce; labour and time-use; income and expenditures; membership of agricultural/farmer organisations; food security; poverty indicators. Furthermore, the toolkit contains examples oftable formats that facilitate the presentation of gender relevant data in agriculture.
- Gender in Agriculture Sourcebook
[ www.worldbank.org ]
Languages: English
A joint product of the World Bank, FAO, and IFAD, the Sourcebook provides an up-to-date understanding of gender issues with a rich compilation of compelling evidence of good practices and lessons learned to guide practitioners in integrating gender dimensions into agricultural projects and programs. World Bank, FAO, IFAD, 2008
- October 15: International Day of Rural Women
[ www.un.org ]
Languages: English
The International Day of Rural Women directs attention to both the contribution that women make in rural areas, and the many challenges that they face.
- Gender and Equity Issues
in Liquid Biofuels Production
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
Rapid increases in the large-scale production of liquid biofuels in developing countries could exacerbate the marginalization of women in rural areas threatening their livelihoods, according to this new FAO study. FAO, 2008
- Polishing the stone: A journey through the promotion of gender equality in development projects
[ www.ifad.org ]
Languages: English
New publication on gender equality and rural development published by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). IFAD, 2008
- 2007: General Assembly Resolution 62/136. Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas
[ www.un.org ]
Languages:
Arabic |
Chinese |
English |
French |
Russian |
Spanish
- FAO LinKS project: Gender, boidiversity and local knowledge systems for food security
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
- Gender dimensions in natural resource management
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
The purpose of this site is to share information emerging from SDW's work with interested organizations and individuals. It is important that development practitioners, researchers and decision-makers are not only aware of the diversity of human capital but also seek to build on people's own knowledge and abilities to support sustainable development strategies.
- FAO Dimitra Project: Rural Women and Development
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
- Gender
and participation in agricultural development planning
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
Case studies: Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Honduras, India (Sikkim), Namibia, Nepal, Pakistan, Senegal, Tanzania, Tunisia.
- Good practices in gender mainstreaming and implementation of the beijing platform for action
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
Lessons learned in Gender and Food Security
- Agrarian Change, Gender and Land Rights
[ www.unrisd.org ]
Languages: English
UNRISD Project from 2000 to 2002.
- FAO: High-Level Consultation on Rural Women and Information, 4-6 October 1999
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English | French | Spanish
This compilation of documents from the High-Level Consultation reflects the content and discussion during the general debate and the technical panel discussions.
- Agrarian Change, Gender and Land Reform: A South African Case Study
[ www.unrisd.org ]
Languages: English
This paper looks at the land reform policies of the ANC government in South Africa from the democratic transition in that country in 1993/1994 until November 2000, and the extent to which women's rights and interests in land were addressed during that time.
- Nepal - Production Credit for Rural Women
[ www.ifad.org ]
Languages: English
Interim Project Evaluation Summary, 1995
- Women and change, exchanges with women in Kach Mulazai (Qila Saifullah District)
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
Integrated Range and Livestock Development Project of the Forest Department of Balochistan assisted by UNDP and FAO, Quetta, 1995
- The potential for improving production tools and implements used by women farmers in Africa -- A Joint IFAD/FAO/FARMESA Study, 1998
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
This report is dedicated to the many hundreds of farm women who freely gave of their time, opinions, and ideas to help with this study. Despite their life and work under extreme duress, they were mostly unfailing in their cheerfulness, frankness and humour during the group discussions.
- IMPROVING INFORMATION ON WOMEN'S CONTRIBUTION TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION FOR GENDER-SENSITIVE PLANNING, FAO/GOVERNMENT COOPERATIVE PROGRAMME terminal report, Rome, 1998
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
PROJECT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
- CONSULTA
DE ALTO NIVEL SOBRE LA MUJER RURAL Y LA INFORMACIÓN, FAO, Roma, 1999
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: | Spanish
- Making Each and Every Farmer Count - Participation in Agricultural Engineering Projects
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
A guidebook meant to provide useful examples and hints on how issues on gender and participation can be tackled in the daily agricultural development project work.
- Breaking through - A manual for field workers and rural women on group formation, FAO, China, 1995
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
- Development policy and strategy for the benefit of rural women, FAO publication, Rome, 1995
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
- Improving the relevance and effectiveness of agricultural extension activities for women farmers, FAO publication, Rome, 1995
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
- National action plans for the integration of rural women in development, FAO publication, Rome, 1997
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
Case studies in Hungary and Slovenia
- Report of working party on women and the agricultural family in rural development, 7th session
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
- Rural women in fishing communities: an overview of CIRDAP action research programme experiences in selected CIRDAP member countries, FAO publication
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
- GENDER ISSUES IN LAND TENURE, FAO, 1999
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
- FAO: Higher agricultural education and opportunities in rural development for women
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
Overview and summary of five case-studies, 1997 publication
- Gender and participation in agricultural development planning, FAO publication, Rome, 1997
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
KEY ISSUES FROM TEN CASE STUDIES
- Overview of the socio-economic position of rural women in selected Central and Eastern European countries - Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
Publication of The Regional Office for Europe and the Women in Development Service/Sustainable Development Department, FAO, Rome, 1996
- Farmers rights in the conservation and use of plant genetic resources: A Gender Perspective
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
Prepared by Women and Population Division, Sustainable Development Department, FAO, 1996
- Modules on gender, population and rural development with a focus on land tenure & farming system, FAO publication, Rome, 1995
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
The modules analyze in detail two institutional factors that underpin gender, population and rural development issues: farming systems and land tenure.
- Rural women, population and development in Lusophone African countries
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
An annotated bibliography of selected literature in Portuguese Language 1991 - 1996
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