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Three quarters of the poor population in West and Central Africa – about 90 million people – live in rural areas and depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. More than 60 per cent of the active population work in the agriculture sector. Women’s share – estimated at 70 per cent in the region as a whole and 89 per cent in the Sahel – continues to rise. Socio-politically, West and Central Africa is still very fragile, with the highest concentration of countries with IFAD operations. Despite this fragility and the poverty that affects over half the population, virtually all countries in the region have made considerable progress over the past decade, particularly in education, health and income redistribution. 

In Yemen, a community-led project for fostering women's empowerment has imporoved the food security of thousands of landless and smallholder famers living in the poorest areas of the country.  

From 2004 to late 2012, the Dhamar Participatory Rural Development Project, cofunded by IFAD and the Government of Yemen, addressed the needs of the rural population in the Dhamar Governorate.  By ensuring the participation of rural people in the decision-making processes and income-generating activities, the project improved the food security of substience farmers and their families in the villages of Dhamar.

In Jordan, the success of a project co-funded by IFAD largely rested on how quickly rural women were able to learn about borrowing money and setting up and running their own small enterprises.

This policy reinforces IFAD’s position as a leader in promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment in agricultural and rural development. It builds on IFAD’s experience and achievements in field operations and in the broader policy arena in promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment. The policy will provide IFAD with strategic guidance in systematizing, intensifying and scaling up its efforts to close gender gaps and improve the economic and social status of rural women in rapidly changing rural environments. 

توضّح دراسة الحالة كيف تم استخدام  مؤتمر الرجال حول نار المخیّم في زامبيا. مع تسلیط الضوء على أداء كل منهجیة في سیاقها المحدد. الروابط متوفر للمصادر والمحتويات الالكترونية.

توضّح دراسة الحالة كيف تم استخدام  النهج الأسري في تعمیم قضایا التمایز بین الجنسین، ومكافحة فیروس نقص المناعة البشریة ومتلازمة نقص المناعة المكتسب، بفعالية في اثيوبيا مع تسلیط الضوء على أداء كل منهجیة في سیاقها المحدد. الروابط متوفر للمصادر والمحتويات الالكترونية

توضّح دراسة الحالة كيف ساهم الزعماء والقادة التقلیدیون في زامبیا، مع تسلیط الضوء على العمل في سیاقها المحدد. الروابط متوفر للمصادر والمحتويات الالكترونية

توضّح دراسة الحالة كيف تم استخدام دراسة حالة النهج الأسري في زامبیا. مع تسلیط الضوء على أداء كل منهجیة في سیاقها المحدد.

IFAD is committed to gender equality. Women embody half the talent and energy at any country’s disposal. That’s why greater gender equality leads to higher economic growth and better lives.

توضّح دراسة الحالة كيف تم استخدام المنھجیة الأسریة التحولیة، بفعالية في اثيوبيا مع تسلیط الضوء على أداء كل منهجیة في سیاقها المحدد. الروابط متوفر للمصادر والمحتويات الالكترونية.

توضّح دراسة الحالة كيف تم استخدام المؤتمر المتنقل للرجال بقعالية في كينيا، مع تسلیط الضوء على أداء كل منهجیة في سیاقها المحدد.  
 

This case study illustrates how Household Mentoring has been used effectively in Uganda, highlighting how it has worked in a particular context. Links are provided to resources and online materials.

تتألف مجموعة الأدوات المخصصة للمنهجیات الأسریة من ثلاثة أقسام.

تم إعداد منهجیة نظام تعلّم العمل في مجال التمایز بین الجنسین في إطار برنامج تعمیم وتشبیك تمكین المرأة التابع . لمؤسسة أوكسفام نوفیب في عام 2008 ، بالعمل مع شركاء محلیین وl  وقد اختبرت أوكسفام نوفيب مع شركائها استخدام هذه المنهجية في مجال تنمية سلاسل القيمة بفضل منحة صغيرة من الصندوق (2009- 2011). كما نشرت أوكسفام نوفیب هذه المنهجیة في نیجیریا، ورواندا، وأوغندا بالعمل مع شركاء محلیین،  وبالاستفادة من منحة كبيرة من الصندوق (2011-2014) وفي غیرها من البلدان بتمویل مشترك من جهات مانحة أخرى.

Among the world’s developing regions, Asia and the Pacific region has witnessed the deepest and fastest structural transformation. The Green Revolution that began in the 1960s spurred the rapid spread of improved varieties of cereal crops, accompanied by public investments in and policy support to the agricultural sector. As a result, productivity of wheat and rice increased dramatically, stimulating economic growth and reducing rural poverty. In the following decades, and especially since 2000, the structural transformation further accelerated, leading to a declined share of the sector in both output and GDP and, to a lesser extent, in the total employment. Facilitated by a conducive institutional and policy environment, the process brought about a more diversified, market-oriented and high-value agricultural production; the expansion of food processing, agribusiness, food retailing and exports; and increased domestic and international competitiveness of agriculture – albeit with country and subregional differences. Nevertheless, poverty, deprivation and hunger remain widespread. Two thirds of the world’s poor and hungry people live in the region, mostly in rural environments. Income inequality has been rising fast in a number of countries, especially between urban and rural areas, with adverse effects on poverty reduction and increased risk of social conflict and political instability. Moreover, the countries and subregions are at different stages of the structural transformation process. In most developing economies, labour productivity in agriculture is still low and the shift of the agricultural workforce to other sectors is yet to take place. Therefore, agriculture remains a critical livelihood option and the largest employer sector for most rural people. 

This publication illustrates IFAD’s experience in closing the gender gap and mobilizing the ‘gender advantage’ in climate change adaptation through ten case studies from across the world. 

Gender and rural development brief with specific focus on the Near East and North Africa.

Gender and rural development brief with specific focus on the Pacific Islands.

This review examines the impact of water-related projects on women, women’s role in managing water resources and the constraints women face in gaining access to water. It highlights the innovative activities and catalysts that have helped to address gender issues in water programmes and projects.