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ProjectSupporting Women’s Agrifood Cooperatives and Associations in Lebanon - GCP/LEB/030/CAN 2024
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No results found.Agricultural associations and cooperatives are critical for income generation, employment creation and food security in Lebanon, where the population has increased by one-third since March 2011, when the country began to see an influx of refugees from the Syrian Arab Republic. The role of women in these associations and cooperatives has historically been limited owing to traditional beliefs surrounding the family, despite strong evidence that when women have control over resources and income, family food consumption and welfare increase, and child malnutrition decreases. This project therefore aimed to bolster both the number and capacity of women’s cooperatives and associations in rural areas of Lebanon to enhance food security and reduce poverty. A few years into implementation, multiple crises hit Lebanon, including the impacts of the conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic, the financial downturn in October 2019, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the explosion of the Port of Beirut in August 2020, and the conflict in southern Lebanon, which began in October 2023. The country’s currency lost 90 percent of its value and experienced a 36.5 percent decline in gross domestic product per capita, resulting in a reclassification from upper-middle-income country to lower-middle-income country by the World Bank in 2022. Despite these grave challenges, the project adapted to the context, ensuring delivery and achieving its main goals. -
ProjectStrengthened Economic Inclusion of Women-Led Agribusinesses through Enhanced Access to Knowledge and Productive Resources Including Finance - TCP/ANG/3803 2023
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No results found.Women account for 52 percent of the population of Angola However, despite advances in their empowerment, Angolan women continue to struggle with social, economic and political inequalities that put them in a situation of discrimination and vulnerability Although most of the country’s working age population 15 64 years of age) is composed of women, they represent less than half 34 1 percent) of the workforce The unemployment rate among women at national level is approximately 24 9 percent In rural areas, women undertake at least 70 per cent of subsistence agriculture work However, most of this is informal, either as wage workers or family workers, without secure employment contracts and usually lacking workers’ benefits, social protection or workers’ representation The population below the poverty line rose from 41 percent in 2019 to 54 percent in 2020 Poverty is far more severe and widespread in rural areas 87 8 percent) than urban areas 35 percent) and is two percent higher in female headed households than in male headed households In rural areas, around one third of households are headed by women these represent the majority of households living in extreme poverty, comprising 60 percent of the poorest 20 percent of the population. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetStrengthening the capacities of farmers, rural women and youth to drive sustainable agrifood systems
Partnership with the Asian Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (AsiaDHRRA)
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No results found.To promote FAO's work in partnership with civil society organizations (CSOs), PSUP has produced partnership briefs to highlight work done in recent years with some CSO partners. This specific brief highlights the work done together with the Asian Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (AsiaDHRRA) in building the capacities of key stakeholders, including farmers, women and youth, in building sustainable agrifood systems.
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