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Tackling rural women’s invisibility is crucial to promoting development and banishing malnutrition

03 October 2018 IICA

During the Summit of the W20 - the G20 engagement group on gender equality - experts from IICA, the UN and the World Bank agreed that improving working and living conditions for rural women is crucial to promoting development. IICA is co-chair of W20 in its work on Rural Women.

IICA presented its strategies for rural women and paid tribute to them on their day

16 October 2018 IICA

In a ceremony attended by guests from around the world, the specialized agency for agriculture and rural development in the Inter-American System disclosed that its initiatives for rural women will foster and promote financial independence, entrepreneurship and the increased participation of women in decision-making forums.

Science and gender: facts and figures

11 February 2019 SciDev.net

The most recent report (2019, with data from 2017) from UNESCO on the education of girls and women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), mentions that education in these subjects can provide those who study them with the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviors necessary to create inclusive and sustainable societies.

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Where a woman lives in Latin America increases her risk of being disadvantaged – new report

06 April 2016 IFAD

El que una mujer puede generar sus propios ingresos y recursos en América Latina está estrechamente ligado al territorio en el que vive, advierte un nuevo informe elaborado por RIMISP -Centro Latinoamericano para el Desarrollo Rural, con el apoyo del Fondo Internacional de Desarrollo Agrícola (FIDA) y el Centro de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo Internacional de Canadá (IDRC).

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