Women empowerment and eliminating gender inequalities: agricultural development strategy

Nooshin Osooli, . and Mohamad Hosini, . and Kazem Taleshi, . (2007) Women empowerment and eliminating gender inequalities: agricultural development strategy. [Proceedings Paper]

Women constitute the main part of agriculture workforce in many societiesabout 73 50 and 50 of agriculture workforce in Africa Asia and Eastern Europe respectively. In Latin America and Middle East women considerably involved inagricultural activities. Also they are the main force for omproving the rural economics. They contribute to the production of food. Since 1970 the issues related to women and their role in agricultural development has come to serious attention. Activities related to planting storage harvesting keeping cattle and poultry as well as marketing and selling the products are common women contribution to agriculture. Special attention is given to identifying womens activities in order to remove the obstacles. The economic rationale for this effort is the need to realize this human resource potential to increase production process. This is only possible if discrimination against women is eliminated and their contribution and participation in all fields are facilitated. Training is the main and the most fundamental strategy for empowering women because illiteracy and low education have undesirable consequences and they make women more dependent. These are among the serious obstacles for women participation in agricultural development. Public and non-governmental organizations NGOs can provide appropriate services from using technologies changing the attitudes and social misunderstanding to eliminating inequalities. Women empowerment requires a multilateral movement involving cultural structural legal reforms and the gradual change of beliefs and values and planning.

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Women constitute the main part of agriculture workforce in many societiesabout 73 50 and 50 of agriculture workforce in Africa Asia and Eastern Europe respectively. In Latin America and Middle East women considerably involved inagricultural activities. Also they are the main force for omproving the rural economics. They contribute to the production of food. Since 1970 the issues related to women and their role in agricultural development has come to serious attention. Activities related to planting storage harvesting keeping cattle and poultry as well as marketing and selling the products are common women contribution to agriculture. Special attention is given to identifying womens activities in order to remove the obstacles. The economic rationale for this effort is the need to realize this human resource potential to increase production process. This is only possible if discrimination against women is eliminated and their contribution and participation in all fields are facilitated. Training is the main and the most fundamental strategy for empowering women because illiteracy and low education have undesirable consequences and they make women more dependent. These are among the serious obstacles for women participation in agricultural development. Public and non-governmental organizations NGOs can provide appropriate services from using technologies changing the attitudes and social misunderstanding to eliminating inequalities. Women empowerment requires a multilateral movement involving cultural structural legal reforms and the gradual change of beliefs and values and planning.

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Item Type:	Proceedings Paper
Additional Information:	Perpustakaan Sultan Abdul Samad Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400 UPM Serdang Selangor Malaysia. S671.3 A278 2007
AGROVOC Term:	FEMALE LABOUR
AGROVOC Term:	SEX
AGROVOC Term:	AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
Geographical Term:	MALAYSIA
Depositing User:	Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 05:13
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11121

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