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UN System Observances for International Women's Day 2012
The United Nations theme for International Women's Day 2012, marked on 8 March annually, is "Empower Rural Women — End Hunger and Poverty." This web package highlights official UN system observances for IWD and includes related statements, events and resources. Read more »
Publications
- IFAD. 2012. Gender equality and women's empowerment
- FAO. 2012. Passport to mainstreaming gender in water programmes
- FAO. 2011. Mainstreaming gender into project cycle management in the fisheries sector: A field manual
- FAO. 2011. Notes on livestock, food security and gender equity
- FAO. 2011. Social Analysis for Agriculture and Rural Investment Projects
- FAO. 2011. Training guide: Gender and climate change research in agriculture and food security for rural development
- UNCTAD. 2011. Gender Equality & Trade Policy
- UNCTAD. 2011. Who is benefiting from trade liberalization in Bhutan? A gender perspective
- UNDP. 2011. Leading Resilient Development: Grassroots Women's Priorities, Practices and Innovations
- FAO. 2010. Does gender make a difference in dealing with climate shifts?
- FAO. 2010. Farmers in a changing climate: Does gender matter?
- FAO. 2010. Gender and Land Rights: Understanding Complexities; Adjusting Policies
- FAO 2010-2011. FAO at work 2010-2011: Women key to food security
- FAO. 2010-2011. The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA). Women in agriculture: Closing the gender gap for development
- FAO. 2010. UN Joint Programmes: Integrating gender issues in food security, agriculture and rural development
- FAO, IFAD, ILO. 2010. Gender dimensions of agricultural and rural employment: Differentiated pathways out of poverty. Status, trends and gaps
- IFAD. 2010. Lightening the load: Labour saving technologies for rural women
- IFAD. 2010. Promoting women's leadership in farmers' and rural producers' organizations
- UNDP. 2010. Executive Summaries : Migration, Remittances and Gender-Responsive Local Development. Case Studies: Albania, the Dominican Republic, Lesotho, Morocco, the Philippines and Senegal
- UNDP. 2010. Gender, Climate Change and Community-Based Adaptation: A Guidebook for Designing and Implementing Gender-Sensitive Community-Based Adaptation Programmes and Projects
- UNDP. 2010. Policy Brief: Gender Equality and Unpaid Care Work
- FAO. 2009. Bridging the gap: FAO's programme for gender equality in agriculture and rural development
- FAO. 2009. Policy Brief: Women and Rural Employment: Fighting Poverty by Redefining Gender Roles
- FAO, IFAD, World Bank. 2009. The Gender in Agriculture Sourcebook
- IFAD. 2009. Gender and rural microfinance: Reaching and empowering women, a guide for practitioners
- UNCTAD. 2009. Mainstreaming gender in trade policy
- IFAD. 2008. Gender and non-timber forest products
- UNCTAD. 2008. Mainstreaming gender in trade policy: case studies
- UNDP. 2008. Innovative Approaches to Promoting Women's Economic Empowerment
- UNDP. 2007. Supporting Capacities for Integrated Local Development.
- IFAD. 2007. Gender and water
- IFAD. 2007. Polishing the stone: A journey through the promotion of gender equality in development projects
- IFAD. 2006. Gender and desertification: Expanding roles for women to restore drylands
- IFAD. 2004. Rural women's access to land and property in selected countries
- IFAD. 2003. Women as agents of change
- IFAD. 2002. An IFAD approach to gender mainstreaming: The experience of Latin America and the Caribbean
- UNDP. 2000. Changing Policy and Practice from Below: Community Experiences in Poverty Reduction
Videos
Closing the Gap Between Men and Women in Agriculture
The world cannot eliminate hunger without closing the gap between men and women in agriculture. With equal access to productive resources and services, such as land, water and credit, women farmers can produce 20 to 30 percent more food, enough to lift 150 million people out of hunger.
Video available in: English | Spanish |French | Chinese | Russian.
[Producer: FAO]
Gender and Rural Microfinance: A Learning Route in Uganda
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and PROCASUR launched an initiative to strengthen women's access to micro financial services. The objective of this activity was also to target practitioners of the rural microfinance industry and assist them with generating effective microfinance programs for both women and men. [Producers: FAO; IFAD; PROCASUR]
Colombia: Wayuu Gold, Fighting for Access to Fresh Water
In some parts of the world it's as rare as gold — and getting a hold of some, nearly impossible. To one of Colombia's largest indigenous groups indigenous groups, Wayuu, that gold is fresh water. Soon their water will be siphoned from Wayuu lands through new pipes to a nearby town, where the population is not indigenous. As struggles for ethnic rights, such as access to water, are recreated across the country, the community deals with an additional strain on their resources — climate change. Due to a changing climate, water has become even scarcer, leaving the community without a wet season for up to two years at times — before they would at least get this yearly. This documentary tracks one extraordinary woman fighting for her community's very survival. [Producer: UN Women, 21st Century]