IFAD, WFP and FAO celebrate women’s contribution to food and nutrition security
Rome, 06 March 2015
- Marking International Women’s Day 2015, leaders from the United
Nations’ three Rome-based food agencies gathered to remind the world
that women farmers play a central role in achieving food and nutrition
security.
At the Rome event, leaders from the Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) shared
testimonials of their innovative interventions that have empowered rural
women, and in doing so have contributed to food security and nutrition.
They also highlighted that promoting gender equality and women’s
empowerment can significantly strengthen efforts to reduce rural
poverty.
This year’s event also marks the 20th anniversary of
the landmark Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995
(Beijing +20).
IFAD President Kanayo F. Nwanze delivered the opening
keynote address pointing out that as men in developing countries
migrate to urban centers or shift to better-paid work, a “feminization
of agriculture” has occurred with approximately half of the agricultural
workforce worldwide now made up of women.
Rome, 06 March 2015
- Marking International Women’s Day 2015, leaders from the United
Nations’ three Rome-based food agencies gathered to remind the world
that women farmers play a central role in achieving food and nutrition
security.
At the Rome event, leaders from the Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) shared
testimonials of their innovative interventions that have empowered rural
women, and in doing so have contributed to food security and nutrition.
They also highlighted that promoting gender equality and women’s
empowerment can significantly strengthen efforts to reduce rural
poverty.
This year’s event also marks the 20th anniversary of
the landmark Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995
(Beijing +20).
IFAD President Kanayo F. Nwanze delivered the opening
keynote address pointing out that as men in developing countries
migrate to urban centers or shift to better-paid work, a “feminization
of agriculture” has occurred with approximately half of the agricultural
workforce worldwide now made up of women.
