New Resource: Guidelines for Ministries of Agriculture and FAO on CEDAW

A recent report by the FAO lays out guidelines on how the FAO and national agricultural ministries around the world can use CEDAW (the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women) at the country level to guide policy development and programming with the goal of achieving equality between women and men in agriculture.

The document gives a brief overview of CEDAW and, in particular, those articles that relate to rural women (especially Article 14). It then continues on to discuss how different organizations can use CEDAW for gender-sensitive program and policy formulation. It also gives some example case study "success stories" within different countries, as well as some further resources.

For the full report, click here.