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Society

Three ways technology can promote peace

byInstitute for Economics & Peace

December 21, 2020

Digital technology has the capacity to address violence and conflict in new and innovative ways. When it comes to peace,...

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SDG Series

Sustaining Destruction: Nuclear Weapons and the Sustainable Development Goals

byErin Hunt - Program Manager of Mines Action Canada

December 20, 2020

For the first time in years, nuclear weapons are consistently front page news. The “will they, won’t they” of a...

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Health

The Year of COVID-19 Misinformation: “These Foolish Things”…

byClaude Forthomme - Senior Editor

December 18, 2020

As 2020, the year of COVID-19 comes to a close, misinformation continues to pile up relentlessly. Quotes from two men...

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In Nepal, the Rural Women's Economic Empowerment Joint Programme, implemented by UN Women, Food and Agriculture Organization, International Fund for Agricultural Development and World Food Programme, and funded by a consortium of donors seeks to improve women farmers’ agricultural production and income, but also changed gender-discriminatory attitudes of their male counterparts.

Rural women form a large proportion of the agricultural labour force in Nepal and play a vital yet unrecognized role in agriculture that sustains nearly 80 percent of the population. Perceived mainly as care givers, their work in farming is largely undervalued. Women farmers are often paid less than men for the same work, and lack access to resources and markets due to discriminatory attitudes. However, since the launch of the Joint Programme, a new narrative is unfolding across the villages of Rauthat and Sindhuli districts.

As more Nepalese men migrate abroad to find work, an increasing number of rural women are taking up farming. By improving women’s agricultural production, access to markets and leadership skills, the programme has increased their income, food security and independence.

Pictured: Chandra Kala Thapa, one of many smallholder women farmers from Ranichuri village in Sindhuli district, was barely able to produce enough grains to feed her family. With support from the Joint Programme, she converted her field from grain production to high-value vegetables. “Now the prices are good and the money comes on time. This was not the case when I used to cultivate grains instead of high-value vegetables,” she says.

Photo: UN Women/Narendra Shrestha

Read More: http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2017/2/feature-women-farmers-of-nepal-take-charge-of-their-lives

Global Leaders

Moving Towards Sustainable Agricultural Policy Making

byDr. Ada Ignaciuk - Senior Economist at FAO, and Joanna Ilicic - Economist and Policy Analyst at FAO

December 18, 2020

To ensure food security and livelihoods in face of changing climate and to reduce the pace of climate change, there...

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Army Spc. Angel Laureano holds a vial of the COVID-19 vaccine, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., Dec. 14, 2020. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

Health

COVID-19 Vaccines: Who Produces, Who Orders and Who Gets Them?

December 18, 2020

There is light at the end of the tunnel as the UK, armed with COVID-19 vaccines, embarks on its mission...

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