FAO policy on gender equality

FAO policy on gender equality

Attaining food security goals in agriculture and rural development

Year of publication 2013

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Category Technical book

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) Gender equality is central to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ (FAO’s) mandate to achieve food security for all by raising levels of nutrition, improving agricultural productivity and natural resource management, and improving the lives of rural populations. FAO can achieve its goals only if it simultaneously works towards gender equality and supports women’s diverse roles in agriculture and rural development. Gender equality is not only an essential mea ns by which FAO can achieve its mandate, it is also a basic human right.

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