poverty

Women hold the key to building a world free from hunger and poverty

Women empowerment and gender equality is one of the critical ingredients in fighting extreme poverty, hunger and malnutrition, said FAO Director-General Jose Graziano da Silva at Step It Up Together with Rural Women to End Hunger and Poverty at FAO Rome, Italy on 16 December 2016. Below are the Key Facts pointed out in the event: In developing countries, women make up 45% of the agricultural labour force, ranging from 20% in

Global Voices on Poverty – live blog and webcast

You are invited to participate in an interactive conversation on ending poverty on April 19, 2013, 11:00 a.m.-12:10 p.m. EDT (15:00-16:10 GMT) at the Online and World Bank Group Headquarters in Washington, DC. Global Voices on Poverty will bring together world leaders, opinion makers, and a global online audience to discuss what it takes to end poverty. The discussion will be with World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.   You