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Europe and Central Asia Gender Newsletter, November 2024 – Issue #16

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Budapest, Hungary ;

Pages 7

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Newsletter

Series title Newsletters from the Decentralized Offices

Series number 16

Synopsis (short abstract) Each issue of FAO Europe and Central Asia Gender Newsletter explores and discusses women’s and men’s experiences in agriculture and food security in the region familiarizes the reader with relevant FAO activities and initiatives. In each quarterly issue, the reader meets our real heroes and reads their stories: how communities, especially women from remote villages, strive to achieve a better life and how FAO, together with various partners and governments, stand hand-in-hand with them to achieve effective results. In this issue, we feature FAO’s latest initiatives aimed at promoting gender equality in rural advisory services, agriculture and rural development in Europe and Central Asia. This edition includes celebrations of the International Day of Rural Women, highlights from the upcoming 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) on gender-responsive climate action, and the launch of FAO’s latest initiative to close the gender gap in agrifood systems. We also share powerful stories from the field, ranging from gender-responsive pasture management in Georgia to women-led agribusiness innovations in Albania. Join us in exploring these compelling stories of resilience, collaboration, and progress towards a more gender-equal future in agriculture.

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