GLOBAL PROBLEM ABOUT GENDER AND THE SAFENESS OF FOOD

GLOBAL PROBLEM ABOUT GENDER AND THE SAFENESS OF FOOD 600% OF THE UNDERNOURISHED GLOBALLY GENDER EQUALITY CAN MAKE A SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO A COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND IS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT DETERMINANT OF FOOD SECURITY ARE WOMEN OR GIRLS - UN estimates AGRICULTURAL GENDER GAPS gender inequities in access to rural resources, services, labor market opportunities undervaluation of women's roles and contributions gender neutral policies lack of gender specific data I ADDRESSING THE PROBLEMS A new report, Gender Equality and Food Security - Women's Empowerment as a Tool against Hunger, prepared jointly by the Asian Development Bank and the FAO, recommends the following to policymakers. Tackle laws and regulations which discriminate agăinst women, PARTICULARLY IN LAND OWNERSHIP Initiate programs to BOOST GENDER EQUALITY in agriculture and the labor market UPDATE EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT POLICIES to make them more gender sensitive DEVELOP FOOD SECURITY STRATEGIES to improve women's access to childcare, farmer support mechanisms, and credit & agricultural services FINE-TUNE SOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS such as active labor market programs with targets for women's employment