{"id":1184,"date":"2022-03-08T12:18:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T12:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emergingag.com\/?p=1184"},"modified":"2022-03-08T12:18:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T12:18:57","slug":"gender-equality-in-agriculture-for-sustainable-food-systems-in-a-changing-climate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emergingag.com\/fr\/gender-equality-in-agriculture-for-sustainable-food-systems-in-a-changing-climate\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender Equality in Agriculture for Sustainable Food Systems in a Changing Climate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is International Women\u2019s Day<\/a> when women worldwide are celebrated yet many women continue to face gender inequality especially in the agricultural sector. According to the FAO, 80% of the farmland in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia is managed by small-holder farmers and about 2.5 billion people in poor countries are employed within the agricultural sector<\/a>. Most of these are women. Women make up 43% of the agricultural workforce in the Global South<\/a> and an estimated 66% of livestock keepers yet many of them do not have land ownership right nor access to resources. This is a challenge which threatens global food security and the sustainability of food systems especially in rural areas where more people suffer from hunger, malnutrition, and poverty.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Climate change also exacerbates the working conditions of these women. Food systems in many developing countries, mapped as climate change hotspots<\/a>, are dominated by women with few resources and insufficient coping mechanisms, leaving them extremely vulnerable. Women are often stereotyped as victims of climate change effects but in most cases the gender inequalities which are at the heart of their vulnerability to climate shocks go unreported. As a woman in agriculture myself, I find this very unfortunate. It\u2019s high time we break the bias against women in agriculture.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We must all do our part to achieve gender equality in climate-resilient agriculture. It is true that everyone\u2019s adaptive capacity needs to be developed but particular attention must be given to women. There are four key dimensions by which we can address this challenge, namely:<\/p>\n