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Equality for Women and Sustainable Development Go Hand in Hand

Equality for Women and Sustainable Development Go Hand in Hand

by The Daily Eye Team March 31 2014, 12:09 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 30 secs

Half of the world’s farmers are women, but women only own about one percent of the world’s land. Similarly, women make up nearly 50 percent of the global fisheries workforce, but in most countries have little to no say in how fisheries are managed. These statistics are indicative of a more general trend: women’s interests and roles are seldom seriously considered in the design and implementation of rural development and conservation initiatives. The common biased view is that that men are farmers or fishers and women only care about children and health care.

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