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ENABLING RURAL WOMEN'S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT: INSTITUTIONS,
OPPORTUNITIES, PARTICIPATION - EXPERT MEETING PAPERS
Introduction
In accordance with its multi-year programme of work for 2010-2014, the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will consider ‘The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges' as its priority theme during its fifty-sixth session in 2012.
In order to contribute to a fuller understanding of the issue and to assist the Commission in its deliberations, the UN Women) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) will convene an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on ‘Enabling rural women's economic empowerment: institutions, opportunities and participation' from 20-23 September 2011 in Accra, Ghana.
The EGM will explore a wide range of strategies that can enhance the economic empowerment of rural women, and will focus on the following critical areas:
Background Paper
Ms. Catherine Hill,
Canada
Enabling Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment: Institutions,
Opportunities, and Participation (EGM/RW/2011/BP.1)
Presentation
Expert Papers
Ms. Patricia Biermayr-Jenzano,
Georgetown University, United States
The Use of Participatory Methodologies to Increase Women
Farmers’ Access to Productive Resources (EGM/RW/2011/EP.10)
Presentation
Mr. Gilles Cliche,
Latin American Center for Rural Development, Chile
Rural Women’s Empowerment in Nonfarm Employment Issues for ICT
Initiatives and Territorial Policies in Latin America (EGM/RW/2011/EP.7)
Ms. Mildred Crawford,
Jamaica Network of Rural Women Producers, Jamaica
Rural Women’s Role in Agriculture (EGM/RW/2011/EP.5)
Ms. Myrna Cunningham Kain,
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Nicaragua
Role of Institutions in Rural Areas Addressing Women’s Needs,
With a Focus on Indigenous Women (EGM/RW/2011/EP.11)
Ms. Cathy Rozel Farnworth,
Pandia Consulting, United Kingdom
Gender-Aware Value Chain Development (EGM/RW/2011/EP.1)
Ms.
Mirlinda Kusari-Purrini,
Women’s Business Association of Kosovo, Kosovo
Economic Empowerment of Rural Women through Enterprise
Development in Post-Conflict Settings (EGM/RW/2011/EP.2)
Ms. Malika Martini,
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Algeria
Empowering Women in the Rural Labor Force with a Focus on
Agricultural Employment in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
(EGM/RW/2011/EP.9)
Ms.
Christine Okali,
University of Sussex, United Kingdom
Achieving Transformative Change for Rural Women’s Empowerment
(EGM/RW/2011/EP.8)
Ms.
Esther Penunia,
Asian Farmers' Association for Sustainable Rural Development, the Philippines
The Role of Farmers’ Organizations in Empowering and Promoting
the Leadership of Rural Women (EGM/RW/2011/EP.12)
Presentation
Ms. Nitya Rao,
University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
Women’s Access to Land: An Asian Perspective (EGM/RW/2011/EP.3)
Presentation
Ms. Eva Rathgeber,
Institute of Women’s Studies, University of Ottawa, Canada
Rural Women’s Access to Science and Technology in the Context
of Natural Resource Management (EGM/RW/2011/EP.6)
Presentation
Ms.
Zou Xiaoqiao,
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, China
Trends in the Implementation of Article 14 of the Convention on
the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (EGM/RW/2011/EP.4)