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Globally women comprise over 37 percent of the world’s rural agricultural employment, a ratio that rises to 48 percent for low-income countries. The year 2020 marks the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, and represents an unprecedented opportunity to mobilize global action to achieve gender equality and rights of all women and girls. …

Women’s housing, land and property rights are catalyst to ensure the social and economic development of communities and increase food security. They contribute to the realisation and enjoyment of a broad range of human rights such as the right to adequate standard of living, adequate housing, health, work and education. Housing, land and property rights increase women’s empowerment and…

Around the world, women are leading efforts to adapt to and mitigate the causes of climate change, protect our planet’s biodiversity, and innovate sustainable solutions for the future. When women are empowered and have equal opportunities to contribute to sustainable development, it leads to concrete benefits for people and the planet. The Global Environment Facility (GEF)…

Explore gender research resources for gender equality in food systems from your preferred vantage point. Gender equality is a cornerstone of future food systems, and International Women’s Day 2021 offers an important moment to make that message heard. One full year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are wiser to the important leadership roles women hold in global food…

The main objective of the Coalition of Action 4 Soil Health (CA4SH) is to improve soil health globally. We have a foundational and proactive response for addressing food and nutrition security, climate change, socioeconomic returns and growth, productivity, rural livelihoods, biodiversity, climate and nature. Our main objective is to improve soil health globally by addressing…

Although long considered to be a tree-planting programme, the Great Green Wall (GGW) initiative is in fact a rural development programme across the Sahel-Sahara strip. Its ambition is the integrated management of ecosystems to combat land degradation and desertification, the effects of climate change and biodiversity loss, and to tackle poverty and food insecurity in countries of the Sahel. The…