Friday 8th March is International Women’s Day and Farming First will be highlighting the vital role women play in food security throughout the week.
Female farmers still face many barriers that prevent them from increasing yields and making a sustainable living from their farm. In many societies law and tradition bar women from owning and inheriting land, for instance in sub-saharan Africa women own under 20% of the land despite contributing to over 40% of the labour force.
Events:
This week Farming First will be providing updates on and attending a number of events, including:
Commission on the Status of Women 4 – 15 March 2013, New York
Farming First will be following the Commission on the Status of Women event closely, tweeting interesting quotes, videos and articles
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Agriculture and Food for Development: International Women’s Day: ‘Limits to Gender Empowerment? Gender perspectives on agriculture and health’ 6 March 2013, London
Farming First will be attending the event, live tweeting key quotes and writing a summary blog of the key outcomes from the event
Women, Violence and Food Security 8 March, Rome
Farming First will be tweeting live from the event and will again write a summary blog illustrating the key themes of the event
The Voice of Female Farming:
To listen to the voice of female farming visit the Farming First TV section dedicated to women in agriculture here
Discover more about the Female Face of Farming: https://farmingfirst.org/women/
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