The chains of gender

Food and agriculture are on the front line in the fight for gender equality and the empowerment of women and young people in Africa.

Discrimination

African women and girls face discrimination in all areas of public life: education, work, access to social services, property rights and political life.

The burden of rural women

Women are responsible for 60% of all work done in the world, but only earn 10% of income and own 1% of property. In Africa, only 30% of women are financially independent.

Landless

African women face enormous difficulties accessing land. Legal frameworks may be progressive but local customs prevent equal access to land.

A dream of elsewhere

Family farming in Africa is threatened by a crisis of vocations: young people are turning away from agriculture to try their luck in the cities, in the mines, or even on the roads of emigration.