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Walking the talk

Capacity development of parliamentarians and high-level multistakeholder dialogue on gender equality and investments in agriculture and food security

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Freetown, Sierra Leone ;

Pages 24 p.

Author FAO; IISD; OXFAM; WILDAF;

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Booklet

To cite or share https://doi.org/10.4060/cc9036en

Synopsis (short abstract) This report is based on the high level forum and capacity development for parliamentarians held in Sierra Leone in November 2020 organized by FAO,IISD, OXFAM and WILDAF/AMNet, in partnership with the Sierra Leone Parliament. The forum provided a unique opportunity to facilitate dialogue at national level between parliamentarians and other stakeholders and to build the capacity of parliamentarians and increase their knowledge of the tools needed to engage in the development of laws and policies that contribute to gender equality in the agriculture sector with a view to accelerating progress towards sustainable development goals, in particular Zero Hunger.

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FAO, IISD, OXFAM, WILDAF. 2023. Walking the talk – Capacity development of parliamentarians and high-level multistakeholderdialogue on gender equality and investments in agriculture and food security. Freetown, FAO.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cc9036en

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