Thumbnail Image

Walking the talk

Advancing parliamentary action for gender equality and investments in the agrifood sector

Copyright licence

Year of publication 2025

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 72 p.

Author FAO; IISD; OXFAM; WILDAF;

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Category Technical book

ISBN 978-92-5-138981-2

To cite or share https://doi.org/10.4060/cd1687en

Synopsis (short abstract) A series of high-level parliamentarians’ fora on inclusive investments in food systems for gender equality and zero hunger have been organized by FAO over the last years. The National Capacity Development Workshop for Parliamentarians and High-Level Multi-Stakeholder Policy Dialogue on Gender Equality and Investments in Agriculture and Food Security aimed to enhance the capacities of parliamentarians and other relevant actors to engage with country priorities and important ongoing policy processes. Participants included members of the Sierra Leone Parliament; members of women’s networks, farmers’ organizations and civil society organizations; academia; and key private sector actors.The report highlights a series of capacity development activities organized at both international and country level in recent years in enhancing parliamentary action on gender. It also presents some tailored tools recently developed by FAO and available for parliamentarians willing to learn more on the subject, framing this important body of work within recent developments in the broader international agenda and the growing recognition of the important role parliamentarians can play towards the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.

Cite this content as:

FAO, IISD, OXFAM, WILDAF. 2025. Walking the talk – Advancing parliamentary action for gender equality and investments in the agrifood sector. Rome, FAO.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cd1687en

Read on Google Books and buy online

Language English

Also available in:

Related items

Showing items related by metadata.

  • Thumbnail Image
    Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet
    Brochure
    Course 3: Gender-responsive budgeting for agriculture and climate policies 2024
    Also available in:
    No results found.
    This course aims to support parliamentarians in ensuring that adequate financial resources are allocated to achieve food security and gender equality. It is designed to equip parliamentarians with the knowledge and tools to effectively address the gender dimensions in budgeting and drive positive change as parliamentarians.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Booklet
    Corporate general interest
    Walking the talk
    Learning exchange in Rwanda, July 2019
    2022
    Also available in:
    Women play an important role in food systems as producers, wage-workers, processors, traders, entrepreneurs, and consumers. It is therefore essential that the food systems transformation agenda takes full cognizance of their needs and priorities, so that they can contribute and benefit equally from interventions. In ECOWAS countries, women still lag behind in accessing land, finance, technologies, services and markets. Their voices are not equally heard in the elaboration of policies, programmes and investment plans in the agrifood sector as their representation in leadership positions remains lower than that for men. Walking the talk in Rwanda is the result of ongoing partnership with ECOWAS Network of Parliamentarians on Gender Equality, Investments in Agriculture and Food Security, and its Advisory Group made of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Oxfam and Women in Law and Development in Africa (WILDAF) to advance gender equality in efforts to accelerate progress towards zero hunger. This report summaries the Learning Exchange that gave the ECOWAS Parliamentarians an exposure to the comprehensive Rwanda Model for gender equality and women’s empowerment in terms of governance, accountability, vision, and actions. it includes comments and reactions from some of the Parliamentarians.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet
    Brochure
    Course 1: Addressing gender equality in climate change adaptation and mitigation in agriculture 2024
    Also available in:
    No results found.
    The course aims at facilitating the exchange of promising approaches, tools and good practices that can be used by parliamentarians and policymakers to support the design and implementation of sustainable and gender-transformative climate policies and legislations to advance gender equality and empower women and youth in the agriculture and food security sectors.
Show more

Users also downloaded

Showing related downloaded files

  • Thumbnail Image
  • Thumbnail Image
    Book (stand-alone)
    Technical book
    Picturing progress – Four betters in focus 2025
    Also available in:
    This commemorative volume marks the 80th anniversary of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), tracing its journey from a founding conviction – that hunger is not inevitable – to today’s global mission of transforming agrifood systems. Through a rich collection of photographs and narratives, the book illustrates how FAO works alongside farmers, fishers, scientists, governments, Indigenous Peoples, youth and civil society to advance sustainable solutions that nourish both people and planet.Organized around FAO’s vision of the four betters – better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life – the book highlights concrete progress: from regenerative farming and climate-smart livestock, to school feeding programmes, land restoration and inclusive digital innovation. It reflects on both the challenges and the opportunities facing agrifood systems, including climate volatility, conflict and inequality, while showing how collaboration, knowledge and innovation create pathways for resilience and hope.Arriving at a moment of reflection and renewal, this volume is both tribute and testimony: to the millions of people whose daily efforts sustain our world, and to FAO’s enduring commitment to building sustainable, inclusive and equitable agrifood systems that leave no one behind.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Booklet
    Corporate general interest
    FAOSTYLE: English 2024
    Also available in:
    The objective of having a house style is to ensure clarity and consistency across all FAO publications. Now available in HTML, this updated edition of FAOSTYLE: English covers matters such as punctuation, units, spelling and references. All FAO staff, consultants and contractors involved in writing, reviewing, editing, translating or proofreading FAO texts and information products in English should use FAOSTYLE, together with the practical guidance on processes and layout questions provided in Publishing at FAO – strategy and guidance.
Show more