International Year of the Woman Farmer, 2026

Invites all Member States, organizations of the United Nations system, other international and regional organizations and other relevant stakeholders, including civil society, the private sector, Indigenous Peoples, local communities and academia, to observe the International Year, as appropriate, through activities aimed at raising awareness of and directing policy attention to the barriers and challenges that women farmers face across agrifood systems, as well as the initiatives, policies and actions that can and are being taken to address these issues and achieve gender equality and the empowerment of all women in agriculture;

Invites the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in collaboration with the other United Nations Rome-based agencies, mindful of the provisions contained in the annex to Economic and Social Council resolution 1980/67, to facilitate the implementation of the present resolution and observe the International Year;

Also invites the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, mindful of the provisions of paragraphs 23 to 27 of the annex to Economic and Social Council resolution 1980/67, to inform the General Assembly at its eighty-second session regarding the implementation of the present resolution, including an evaluation of the observance of the International Year;

Invites all relevant stakeholders to contribute to and support the implementation of the present resolution;

Requests the Secretary-General to bring the present resolution to the attention of all Member States, the organizations of the United Nations system and other relevant stakeholders, including civil society, the private sector and academia, for appropriate observance.