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Big roles, little powers

Year of publication 2017

Pages 20 p.

Author Regional Office for Africa

Publisher FAO Regional Office for Africa ;

Product type Booklet

ISBN No ISBN

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This is a summarised version of the full country gender assessment report that will be used to inform policy decisons with facts and figures about gender inequalities in access to critical productive resources, assets, services and opportunities. In particular, the assessment identifies needs and constraints of both women and men in selected FAO areas of competence as well as priorities and gaps. Also, it provides recommendations and guidance to promote gender sensitivity of future programming a nd projects.

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