Ecuador: Resolution GSDP-003-2024 Approving the Proposed National Intersectoral Agricultural Strategy for Rural Women

Resolution GSDP-003-2024, issued by Ecuador's Sectoral Cabinet for Productive Development, approves the proposed National Intersectoral Agricultural Strategy for Rural Women as a coordination instrument for public plans, programs, projects, and interventions aimed at reducing gender gaps and promoting equality for rural women, prioritizing those engaged in family farming. The resolution establishes a permanent working group led by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock to coordinate implementation, follow-up, and monitoring of the strategy and to report its results, challenges, and needs to the Cabinet. It also requires the working group to submit a work plan within 30 days of the resolution's signing. The resolution was published in Official Gazette No. 601 on July 16, 2024.