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National Gender Profile for Gender and Rural Development - Somalia

Country Gender Assessment - Africa

Year of publication 2021

Place of publication Mogadishu, Somalia ;

Pages 64 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 978-92-5-134834-5

Series title Country Gender Assessment Series

Series number Somalia

Synopsis (short abstract) Gaps between policy and implementation, and limited availability of sex disaggregated data and gender-sensitive indicators to inform sound policies and budgets have kept women marginalized in many sectors. No baselines mean no measurement of progress in effectively implementing the array of commitments towards gender equality and women’s empowerment in agriculture, food security and nutrition, rural development and management of natural resources. This report reveals gender disparities in access to critical agriculture and rural resources, knowledge, opportunities, services and markets. It explores the existing gender relations and gaps in the various sub sectors of agriculture, and their possible causes and impact on food and nutrition security, and makes policy recommendations to address them.

Last updated date 05/10/2021

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FAO. 2021. National gender profile of agriculture and rural livelihoods – Somalia. Mogadishu.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cb6316en

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