Special Rapporteur on Food Report to the UN General Assembly on the Right to Food of Women Agricultural Workers – Challenges for WOMEN Agricultural Workers
Author: WUNRN
Date: October 21, 2018
April 2017 – Across the globe, women make up a large part of agricultural labor: In Sub-Saharan Africa in 2015, they represented 40 % of the agricultural labor force. In some developing countries, their contributions exceed 50%. Closing the gender gap could increase yields on women-run farms by 20-30%. This could raise total agricultural output in developing countries 2.5- 4%.
But women own fewer assets (land, livestock, human capital), and have less access to inputs (seeds, fertilizer, labor, finance) and services (training, insurance,) than men. To further complicate things, equal access to resources does not guarantee equal returns for women farmers. Women need specialized agricultural training, child care and customized support to ease their double work load as farmers and caregivers. The right resources could help rural women maximize economic opportunities, increase productivity, and improve food security, education and healthcare, since women tend to reinvest in their households.
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UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD INTERIM REPORT TO THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2018
RECOGNIZING THE RIGHT TO FOOD OF AGRICULTURAL WORKERS – GENDER
UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food – Website: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Food/Pages/FoodIndex.aspx
Direct Link to Page Giving Clicks to Full Report in 6 UN Official Languages:
http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/73/164
April 2017 – Across the globe, women make up a large part of agricultural labor: In Sub-Saharan Africa in 2015, they represented 40 % of the agricultural labor force. In some developing countries, their contributions exceed 50%. Closing the gender gap could increase yields on women-run farms by 20-30%. This could raise total agricultural output in developing countries 2.5- 4%.
But women own fewer assets (land, livestock, human capital), and have less access to inputs (seeds, fertilizer, labor, finance) and services (training, insurance,) than men. To further complicate things, equal access to resources does not guarantee equal returns for women farmers. Women need specialized agricultural training, child care and customized support to ease their double work load as farmers and caregivers. The right resources could help rural women maximize economic opportunities, increase productivity, and improve food security, education and healthcare, since women tend to reinvest in their households.
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UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD INTERIM REPORT TO THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2018
RECOGNIZING THE RIGHT TO FOOD OF AGRICULTURAL WORKERS – GENDER
UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food – Website: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Food/Pages/FoodIndex.aspx
Direct Link to Page Giving Clicks to Full Report in 6 UN Official Languages:
http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/73/164
April 2017 – Across the globe, women make up a large part of agricultural labor: In Sub-Saharan Africa in 2015, they represented 40 % of the agricultural labor force. In some developing countries, their contributions exceed 50%. Closing the gender gap could increase yields on women-run farms by 20-30%. This could raise total agricultural output in developing countries 2.5- 4%.
But women own fewer assets (land, livestock, human capital), and have less access to inputs (seeds, fertilizer, labor, finance) and services (training, insurance,) than men. To further complicate things, equal access to resources does not guarantee equal returns for women farmers. Women need specialized agricultural training, child care and customized support to ease their double work load as farmers and caregivers. The right resources could help rural women maximize economic opportunities, increase productivity, and improve food security, education and healthcare, since women tend to reinvest in their households.
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