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IFAD and UN Women were each working in rural China, helping women access new opportunities and gain an equal say in their communities. Then the two agencies decided to collaborate, opening up new ways to fulfil their respective mandates – rural development on one hand, and women’s empowerment on the other.

COVID-19 lockdowns meant Juana could no longer go to her job in rural Guatemala. But thanks to a loan from her local rural savings bank and IFAD’s Rural Poor Stimulus Facility, Juana started her own business at home.

Thanks to driving lessons provided by the Haor Infrastructure and Livelihood Improvement Project - Climate Adapation and Livelihood Protection (HILIP/CALIP), a group of young rural women in Northern Bangladesh now have careers as drivers—a typically male-dominated profession.

مع تزايد تواتر وشدة الظواهر المناخية المتطرفة، يجب أن تكون النساء والفتيات، اللاتي هن أكثر تعرضا من الرجال والفتيان لمخاطر الآثار المدمرة للأزمة المناخية، بما في ذلك انعدام الأمن الغذائي، في مركز الصدارة عند تخطيط وتنفيذ حلول التكيف مع تغير المناخ، كما قالت وكالات الأمم المتحدة الثلاث المعنية بالأغذية في الحدث المشترك الذي نظمته اليوم بمناسبة اليوم الدولي للمرأة.

Ahead of International Women’s Day, IFAD and the Government of Maharashtra in India agreed to invest an additional US $12 million, to socially and economically empower 1 million rural women in the state through the Nav Tejaswini project.