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Gender dimensions of agricultural and rural employment: differentiated pathways out of poverty [1]

Gender equality is an essential component of sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction. Equitable access to more and better jobs in rural areas enable rural women to become effective economic actors and engines of growth; as well as to produce or aquire the food, water, fuel and social services their families need. Indeed, the quality of the care mothers are able to give to their children and other household members contributes to the health and productivity of whole families and communities and improves prospects for future generations. The important gaps in data availability and analytical work in many key areas handicap policy makers

Publication Date: 
31/10/2010
FAO [2]
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Unemployment [3], Poverty [4], Rural Development [5], National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) [6], India [7], South Asia [8], Women [9], Africa [10], Agriculture [11], Migration [12]
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