Improving Policy Response to the Differentiated Impacts of High and Volatile Food Prices on Rural Women
| dc.creator | Ana Paula de la O Campos, Elisabeth Garner | |
| dc.date | 2023-04-27T11:47:46Z | |
| dc.date | 2023-04-27T11:47:46Z | |
| dc.date | 2012 | |
| dc.date | 2017-12-05T18:40:06.0000000Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-28T01:39:33Z | |
| dc.description | In a high and volatile food price setting, two aspects determine rural women’s ability to absorb and respond to shocks: the inequalities that create a gender gap in rural development and women’s traditional roles in society. This chapter points to these two aspects that in general terms reduce women’s ability to cope with food price volatility. Rural women, traditionally responsible for providing food and health in the household, face major constraints in fulfilling their roles, render ing them more vulnerable to food price spikes. Major recommendations include building on rural women’s resiliency and mitigating negative coping strategies by reducing gender inequalities in rural development and by providing safety-nets that are appropriately designed to address rural women’s needs and limitations. Gender gaps in rural development refer to those in access to resources; better paying jobs; infrastructure, public services, agricultural extension and technologies, and le vels of participation in farmers organizations and other public institutions. Better design in safety-nets and other social protection programs refer to including mechanisms that are culturally sensitive, reduce women’s time burden, and provide the necessary transportation, child care facilities, and other services and mechanisms that ensure their participation. Gender-transformative approaches in the implementation of policies and programs, including capacity development on gender rol es for the household as a whole, are essential for ending discrimination against women which constraint their economic and social empowerment. Additional areas of research include gender-differentiated impacts of high food prices and volatility, both at the individual and household levels, and the effectiveness of safety-nets and other social protection programs designed to address rural women-specific needs. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/ar257e | |
| dc.identifier | http://www.fao.org/3/a-ar257e.pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/342482 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.rights | FAO | |
| dc.title | Improving Policy Response to the Differentiated Impacts of High and Volatile Food Prices on Rural Women | |
| dc.title | Improving Policy Response to the Differentiated Impacts of High and Volatile Food Prices on Rural Women | |
| dc.type | Book (stand-alone) |