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WORLD FOOD DAY - OCTOBER
16
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations celebrates
World Food Day each year on 16 October, the day on which the Organization was
founded in 1945. The World Food Day and TeleFood theme for 2006 is
"Investing in agriculture for food security".
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Modern Realities of Hunger & Food Crisis &
Gender
Oxfam International 2006
CAUSING HUNGER - AN OVERVIEW OF THE FOOD
CRISIS IN AFRICA
Direct Link to Report:
"The promised joint effort of African governments
and donors to eradicate poverty must deliver pro-poor rural policies that
prioritise the needs of marginalised rural groups such as small-holders,
pastoralists, and women."
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Gender and emergency situations
Gender issues play
an important role in ensuring food security in
emergencies. |
Emergencies affect women and girls differently from men
and boys. In situations of armed conflicts, civil strife, or natural
disasters, women often lose the capacity to sustain their families’
livelihoods due to loss of seeds, livestock and tools. In addition,
conflict situations considerably increase the trauma of gender-specific
physical insecurity for women and girls. |
Supplying seeds for next
year's crop after an
emergency 17408/FAO/Bangladesh |
It is essential to understand the specific
roles/responsibilities of men and women in agriculture and their main
constraints/needs, as well as their ability to carry out their activities
under emergency situations and early rehabilitation. Women are often
more vulnerable in emergencies due to their lower social and economic
status. A gender analysis helps to clarify what the specific needs,
vulnerabilities and coping strategies of women and men are so that they
can be more adequately addressed in response to an emergency
situation. |
- Women are at the center of FAO's efforts to improve household food
security. FAO's Service for Special Relief Operations is dedicated to
integrating a gender perspective into all aspects of the Organization's
response to
emergencies.
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