Gender Status Impact Access to Social Political and Economic Resources
their homes may appreciably increase their workload. Further, forest conservation plans may restrict their forest product accessibility, thereby adversely affecting their survival plans. Hence, donors must include females when designing programs (Federation, 10). Moreover, females’ contribution within the agricultural sector is usually not as visible as compared to that of their male counterparts. The latter will more likely be landowners, with access to fertilizers and credit for improving yield, and thus be better able to sell their products at a high value. Meanwhile, females typically make up the major part of unpaid agricultural labor, and cultivate less profitable… Continue Reading...
