Promoting Gender-Sensitive Agrifood Value Chains in Jalisco State - GCP/MEX/311/IRE

Promoting Gender-Sensitive Agrifood Value Chains in Jalisco State - GCP/MEX/311/IRE

Year of publication 2023

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

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Synopsis (short abstract) Mexico has made significant progress in recent years in achieving women's rights and gender equality, particularly in key areas at the federal level. Despite these achievements, women's participation in the workplace remains low or concentrated in less productive sectors. Rural women, in particular, face greater inequalities than men. Although the state of Jalisco is the most agriculturally productive in Mexico, female entrepreneurs working in the agrifood sector face multiple challenges, including poor access to technical assistance, land tenure and credit, in addition to limited participation in value chains. In this context, the present project, funded by the Government of Ireland, aimed to empower rural women by addressing these challenges. Implemented over one year, the project focused on four key components: training on gender-sensitive value chains, the creation of mentorship and entrepreneurship networks, the promotion of an enabling environment for gender equality and training for public officials overseeing female-centric programmes. Through collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (SADER) and the Ministry of Substantive Equality between Women and Men (SISEMH) in the State of Jalisco, FAO assisted female entrepreneurs in adopting effective practices that better integrated them in the selected value chains and strengthened their networks for sustainable rural entrepreneurship.

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