Gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls lies at the centre of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In addition to the targets for SDG5 “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls”, it is reflected and mainstreamed across all 17 SDGs.

Ameenah Gurib, the first elected woman President of Mauritius, which is ranked Africa’s third most developed country, is a champion of higher education and research in Africa and was listed in the world’s top 100 most powerful women by Forbesearlier this year. 

In 2002, the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) made a resolution proposing the 5th of December be declared World Soil Day (WSD) in order to celebrate the importance of soil as a critical component of the natural system and as a vital contributor to human well-being.

The 2016 Partners’ Assembly of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) decided to create a new Steering Committee for GFAR, one that is representative of all sectors, and which truly reflects the diversity of stakeholders in agricultural research and innovation around the world. The Report of Proceedings of the Partners' Assembly can be found here. 

CFS looked at country experience in using the Voluntary guidelines on the responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests in the context of national food security (VGGT) over the four years since they were endorsed in 2012, which highlighted some good practices on the importance of empowering all stakeholders to engage in securing tenure rights. 

The Barilla Foundation Climate@Risk call-to-action focuses in on concrete, actionable change across all levels.