FAO Cambodia pledges to work on agricultural gender equality

Women’s affairs minister Ing Kantha Phavi (left) and new FAO representative to Cambodia Rebekah Bell. - WOMEN’S AFFAIRS MINISTRY

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Cambodia has pledged to strengthen cooperation with the Ministry of Women’s Affairs to promote the equal presence of both men and women in the food and agriculture sector workforce.

The commitment was made during a meeting between women’s affairs minister Ing Kantha Phavi and new FAO representative to Cambodia Rebekah Bell on April 18 at the ministry in Phnom Penh.