Gender inequalities in Rural Employment in Ghana - an overview
Despite Ghana's great progress in poverty reduction, an important share of rural men and women in the country still lack decent work opportunities. The Northern part of the country and rural areas in general are of major concern. Rural women in particular face greater difficulties in transforming their labour into more productive employment activities and their paid work into higher and more secure incomes. Similarly, the young rural population faces barriers in joining the labour market and mig ration is often a livelihood strategy. Efforts to promote gender equity in labour markets and income generating activities, as well as to support decent employment initiatives in rural areas, are hampered by the lack of comprehensive information on the multiple dimensions of social and gender inequalities, particularly in rural areas. This country profile developed by the Gender, Equity and Rural Employment Division (ESW) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) addresses the lack of statistics and contributes to a better understanding of the types and the degree of existing gender inequalities in rural settings. The profile serves as a policy support tool for integrating and monitoring gender equity and decent rural employment in agriculture, food security, and rural development policies and programs.
| Format: | Book (stand-alone) biblioteca |
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| Language: | English |
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/21d0646e-01a3-549e-94ec-9a72217caa48 https://fao-prod.atmire.com/handle/20.500.14283/AP090E http://www.fao.org/3/a-ap090e.pdf |
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