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Empowering Rural Women through a Climate Resilience Lens

CSW 66: Virtual Side Event

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 1p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The virtual side event will: (i) launch the new phase of the JP RWEE; (ii) share findings on how advancing rural women’s economic empowerment programming can contribute to building both the economic and social resilience of rural women; (iii) showcase the perspectives and voices from rural women and communities affected by climate change and highlight ways in which inclusive interventions involving multiple stakeholders can work to tackle the barriers to gender equality and empowerment and improve outcomes for rural women. The JP RWEE Phase II will initially be implemented in Nepal, Niger, the Pacific Islands, Tanzania and Tunisia, with a view to further scale up in additional countries.

Language English

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