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… United Nations (FAO) concerning the legal or development status of any  country,  territory,  city  …   The work was produced  for  the  Social Policies and Rural  Institutions  Division  (ESP)  in  collaboration  … tenure  for  poverty  reduction,  food  security and  rural development have been described extensively  …

… as more than one billion people, 70% of whom live in rural areas, still live below the poverty line and strive … STRESSING SUPPORT for global commitments to the Millennium Development Goals, including the goal of eradicating extreme … and ecosystems in contributing to the food security of rural and coastal communities, considering, for instance, …

… knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic development and nature conservation to take place together. … ecosystem.21 19  The under-valuation of women’s work in rural areas in particular is common. For example, collection … and network. One such partner program is Northern Rural Development (NRD), which runs the “Women on Air” …

… financial support provided by The Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation (HIVOS) to the project: “Gender … (rice, wheat, maize): providing up to 90 percent of the rural poor’s food intake and producing between 60 and 80 … known as the feminisation of poverty.15 Nearly 80% of rural women in Asia, 60% in Africa and 40% in Latin America, …

… Caribbean M&E Monitoring and evaluation MDGs Millennium Development Goals MEA Multilateral Environmental Agreement … process. For example, Cabo Verde identifies rural women as one of the groups most affected by … between gender inequalities and poverty, causing rural women to be the most likely to live in poverty. …

… UNCT United Nations Country Team UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNEA United Nations Environment … the situation of women and girls everywhere, including in rural areas and local communities and among indigenous people … Action (Beijing +10) called upon Member States to enhance rural women’s income-generating potential, noting the …

… is facing great challenges in the quest for sustainable development, including the fight against climate change, … in the Mediterranean where urban expansion and the development of new infrastructures pose a significant threat … by extension, for the balance between urban, periurban and rural areas; RECOGNIZING that the changes in periurban areas, …

… Declaration establishing the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals and of halving by 2015 the proportion of … access to basic sanitation (World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, 2002); ALSO AWARE of international … groups of society, in particular women, especially in rural areas, as reflected in the Convention on the …