Women and Rural Employment - Fighting Poverty by Redefining Gender Roles
About three quarters of the world’s poor live in rural areas. Among those, women constitute a particularly vulnerable, yet crucially important group for social and economic development. Investing in rural women is thus not only a moral imperative; it can also be a promising strategy to effectively fight poverty and hunger.
Year of publication: |
2009
|
---|---|
Institutions: | Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations ; FAO Economic and Social Development Department |
Subject: | rural development | gender | equality | women | employment |
Saved in:
freely available
Saved in favorites
Similar items by subject
-
(2009)
-
La Mujer y el Empleo Rural - Combatir la pobreza redefiniendo los roles de género
(2009)
-
Migration, Development, and the Promise of CEDAW for Rural Women
Pruitt, Lisa R., (2009)
- More ...
Similar items by person