Good practices for promoting gender equality through rural advisory services

dc.coverageEthiopia
dc.coverageIndia
dc.coveragePeru
dc.creatorPetrics, H.; Barale, K.; Kaaria, S. K.; David, S.;
dc.date2023-04-27T13:44:35Z
dc.date2023-04-27T13:44:35Z
dc.date2022
dc.date2022-12-20T10:55:21.0000000Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-28T00:57:36Z
dc.descriptionThis publication is the third one in a row, following the background paper 'Enhancing the potential of family farming for poverty reduction and food security through gender-sensitive rural advisory services' and the Gender and Rural Advisory Services Assessment Tool (GRAST). It includes three cases studies from three continents and the good practices for promoting gender equality through RAS of the studied organziations as well as a collection of recommendations drawn from the good practices. The objective is to support RAS providers to adopt and adapt these good practices so that they can design and deliver truly gender-responsive services. Improving rural women's access to RAS can close the gender gap in agriculture. However, to do this both RAS clients and providers need to overcome several challenges. While the challenges women face to access RAS have been widely documented, there is a dearth of information regarding the good practices for designing and delivering fully gender-responsive RAS. This paper fills this gap by presenting good practices as well as systematized recommendations following the five areas of analysis of the GRAST. The case studies confirm that to provide truly gender-equitable RAS, holistic approach and systemic change are needed: the entire RAS system, including policies and institutions, staff attitudes and capacities must change. The perspective of gender equality need to become integral guiding principle within the enabling policy and organizational environment and culture.
dc.format96 p.
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.identifier978-92-5-137408-5
dc.identifierhttps://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/cc3539en
dc.identifierhttp://www.fao.org/3/cc3539en/cc3539en.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/323657
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherFAO ;
dc.rightsFAO
dc.rightsCC BY NC SA 3.0 IGO
dc.titleGood practices for promoting gender equality through rural advisory services
dc.titleCase studies from Ethiopia, India and Peru
dc.typeBook (stand-alone)

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