Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition

 

Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition

Digest No. 1092

25 February 2014

Discussion 96

 

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Focusing on Rural Women in a Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Framework

until 26 February 2014

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Dear Colleagues,

With just one day left to this discussion exploring the role of rural women in ensuring food security and proper nutrition we would like to share with you the latest comments received.

In the context of the post-2015 development agenda process and the definition of the upcoming Sustainable Development Goals, we invite you to share your views on how to rally the support for rural women and on what are the most important aspects of their contribution to food security and improved nutrition.

Women's important role was recently highlighted at the UN Open Working Group (OWG) consultations on the Sustainable Development Goals held in New York at the beginning of the month. What would you have shared if you had been present at this meeting?

You can view the latest comments received below and visit the FSN Forum to take part in the debate. We welcome your comments also via email and in French and Spanish.

Your FSN Forum Team

 

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iconBarack Kinanga, Save the Children UK, Sudan

Barack mentions the enhanced role women have in ensuring household food security in times of crisis, when men are drafted into the military or are part of other armed groups. [...]

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iconRose Akaki, Eastern Africa Farmers' Federation, Rwanda

Rose, in her comment forwarded by Katy Lee, focuses on the women farmers of Uganda; the challenges they face and how these challenges can be addressed to enable these women to feed the growing population. [...]

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iconCesarie Kantarama, Eastern Africa Farmers' Federation, Rwanda

In this comment received through Katy Lee, Cesarie highlights a series of areas in which interventions are needed to improve the life of rural women and their positive impact on food security. [...]

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iconPaul Rigterink, Potomac Technical Advisors, United States of America

Paul suggests the creation of "demonstration farms" to practically show poor rural women how to make a better living. [...]

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iconGomathy Venkateswar, India

Gomathy shares his experience form India, where rural women engage in sustainable income generating activities such as selling turmeric powder at road side stands. In another example he mentions the trade of tamarind fruit, which also takes place along the roads. However in this case, picking and processing it is taken over by government contractors and middlemen. If the fruit was given to women, the labour needed for processing could yield a big income for them. [...]

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iconAmin Al-Hakimi, Yemeni Association for Sustainable Agriculture Developement, Yemen

Amin laments the little progress that has been achieved in the last 30 years in improving the situation of rural women and that very few lesson shave been learned from past programmes and processes. [...]

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