A High-level Event “Step It Up Together with Rural Women to End Hunger and Poverty” will take place on 16 December 2016 at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.

The Event is organized by FAO, the Slovak Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) and the European Commission, in close collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the World Food Programme (WFP) and UN Women. It will provide an interactive platform to address the structural causes and consequences of gender inequality in rural areas and to identify the main challenges, gaps, opportunities and collaborative actions for unleashing the potential of rural women and girls to end hunger and poverty.

Gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls lies at the centre of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In addition to the targets for SDG5 “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls”, it is reflected and mainstreamed across all 17 SDGs.

The event will be webcast in the morning and in the afternoon.

Read more: http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/rural-women-end-hunger/en/