March 1, 2022GEM Digest of the Month - Published monthly since December 2009 Contents

UN Commission on the Status of Women – 66th Session The theme for the 66th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women is “achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context of climate change, environmental and disaster risk reduction policies and programmes.” The CSW will convene in a hybrid format from 14-25 March. [...] Women in Food & Agriculture Summit Brochure Women in Food and Agriculture (WFA) is the international initiative promoting diversity and inclusion D&I in the food and agriculture industry and supported by the leaders of the sector, such as our advisory board compani. [...] The remote pastoral community lost the land their animals grazed on until about a decade ago to the solar power plant in the northwestern state of Rajasthan - as well as the opportunity to work at the park due to a lack of education and skills. [...] The pattern of, and access to, public transportation in Canada, reflects the history of natural resource development and seldom considers the effects of the lack of transportation on health and welfare, human capabilities, education, climate change, and sustainable development. [...] The study focuses on irrigation, cooling and drying technologies within the dairy and horticultural sector and highlights the opportunities for scale and existing barriers within the agricultural value chains.