FAO/IFAD/ILO publication: “Gender Dimension of Agricultural and Rural Employment: Differentiated Pathways out of Poverty”

This report, accompanied by seven policy briefs, reflects the latest thinking on the gender dimensions of rural poverty and employment.  They provide evidence that rural women have the potential to lift their households and communities out of poverty but are hampered by persistent gender inequities. These inequities limit their access to decent work, which is a vehicle for economic empowerment, social advancement and political participation.  The policy briefs cover: gender equitable rural work; skills for socio-economic empowerment; rural women's entrepreneurship; gender and value chains; women in infrastructure works; migration and gender; child labour and education.   The workshop, report and policy briefs provide important guidance to policy makers, researchers and development practitioners.  Click to access the online version of the report, and the policy briefs.