UN Women, FAO, IFAD and WFP: empowerment of women in rural areas
is pre-requisite for global food security UN Women and the three
Rome-based United Nations agencies working on food and
agriculture today launched a joint programme to empower poor
rural women through economic integration and food security
initiatives. New York/Rome, 27 September 2012 - The programme,
Accelerating Progress Toward the Economic Empowerment of Rural
Women, is a five-year initiative of the UN Entity for Gender
Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), the International Fund
for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and the World Food
Programme (WFP). It will be implemented initially in Ethiopia,
Guatemala, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Nepal, Niger and Rwanda. "When
women are empowered and can claim their rights and access to
land, leadership, opportunities and choices, economies grow,
food security is enhanced and prospects are improved for current
and future generations," said Miche