[FAO] [FSN Forum] FOR INFO • 12 December 2016 Step It Up Together with Rural Women to End Hunger and Poverty [_] [Banner]<http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/rural-women-end-hunger/en/> Dear Members, We would like to draw your attention to the High-level event Step It Up Together with Rural Women to End Hunger and Poverty<http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/rural-women-end-hunger/en/>, scheduled for 16 December 2016 at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy. In recognising that gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls lies at the centre of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, this event will provide an interactive platform to: - address the structural causes and consequences of gender inequality in rural areas, and - identify the main challenges, gaps, opportunities and collaborative actions for unleashing the potential of rural women and girls to end hunger and poverty. The Event is organized by FAO, the Slovak Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) and the European Commission, in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the World Food Programme (WFP) and UN Women. We invite you to read more on the website<http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/rural-women-end-hunger/en/> and to follow the live webcasting of the sessions in the morning<http://www.fao.org/webcast/home/en/item/4285/icode/> and in the afternoon<http://www.fao.org/webcast/home/en/item/4286/icode/>. For those of you who would like to attend, there is time until tomorrow to register<http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/rural-women-end-hunger/registration/en/>. All the best, Your FSN Forum Team www.fao.org/fsnforum<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/> CONTACT US<mailto:[log in to unmask]> • DISCLAIMER<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/disclaimer-copyright> ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the FSNFORUM-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FSNFORUM-L&A=1