Platform discussion__ Financing & economic empowerment scenarios for women in agriculture
Channel: Global Donor Platform for Rural Development
Date: 15/12/2015

Year after year, the development rhetoric on gender equality has gained recognition, however the financial backing it has received has not matched the height of the talk. Financing for gender equality is the means to ensure that women’s needs are met in development planning. What scenarios exist for economic empowerment for women in agriculture looking towards agenda 2030? 2015 has been a formative year for both the economic and social directions of development cooperation. A new path which aims to fill the gaps left behind by the MDG’s with the backing of renewed financial commitments was established with a horizon of 2030 to achieve the sustainable development goals. Rural women are an undeniable point of convergence in the efforts to reduce poverty, improve food and nutrition security, reduce the impacts of climate change and so many of the crucial goals. It is, as such, both morally and economically devastating if the efforts to economically empower women in agriculture are hindered by poor resourcing to advance their rights.
This discussion between the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, UN Women and the AWID reflects on how gender has been accommodated in these two processes with a forward looking perspective using practical examples.