Gender equality: Women's empowerment for rural revitalization

Agnes Quisumbing, Ruth Meinzen-Dick and Hazel Jean Malapit

Chapter 5 in Agriculture for improved nutrition: Seizing the momentum, 2019, pp 44-51 from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: Rural revitalization requires that all members of society, including women, be able to participate in and benefit from growth and transformation of rural areas. Achieving gender equality is a key step toward achieving many of the Sustainable Development Goals and can enhance women’s contribution to rural revitalization. Women’s empowerment can improve agricultural productivity, dietary quality, and maternal and child nutrition. These connections are especially evident in rural areas. This chapter describes how use of a “reach-benefit-empower†framework can guide the development of programs and policies that will increase gender equity and women’s empowerment for better rural lives.

Keywords: rural development strategies; gender; food policies; nutrition policies; agricultural policies; sustainability; empowerment; agricultural development; rural development; food security; rural areas; women (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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