harnessing the potential of women in the fight against poverty
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Harnessing the Potential of Women in the Fight Against Poverty
How to reduce inequalities andadvance the status of rural women
...through...through improved access to: improved access to:
Productive resources
Participation in rural institutions and decision-making
Basic services and rural infrastructure
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IFAD’s IFAD’s PerspectivePerspective
IFAD’s IFAD’s PerspectivePerspective
Why do it?Why do it? What are the challenges?What are the challenges? The way aheadThe way ahead
A root cause of poverty: the imbalance between...
What rural women have:What rural women have:
2% of land5% extension
services15% parliamentary
seatsMarginal access to
formal credit Less educationFewerFewer rights rights
What rural women do:What rural women do:
Family care
Domestic work
Agricultural production
Income - generation
Management of household food
security
Natural resources management
NutritionNutrition MaternalmortalityMaternalmortality
Infantmortality
Infantmortality
HIV/AIDSHIV/AIDS
Malaria andother diseases
Malaria andother diseases
Income growthIncome growth
Waterand sanitation
Waterand sanitation
Universalprimary education
Universalprimary education
Gender equality/ women’s
empowerment
Gender equality/ women’s
empowerment
……an opportunity, and an essential condition for achieving the an opportunity, and an essential condition for achieving the Millennium Development GoalsMillennium Development Goals
ODA for basic
services
ODA for basic
services
Reducing inequalities - Empowering women...
Achieving the MDG, empowering women
Global challenges:Global challenges:
More resources, but also
...better planned and better focused
Turning globalization into an opportunity
and not a risk
Mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDS on
women
More of the same is not enoughMore of the same is not enough
IFAD’s challenges:IFAD’s challenges:
Reinforcing field impact
…and achieving a broader catalytic effect
through:through:
IFAD’s achievements:IFAD’s achievements:
Organization and decision-making
Economic empowerment
Improved living conditions
advocacy
policy dialogue
partnerships
Achieving the MDG, empowering women
1.1. Women’s access to productive Women’s access to productive resourcesresources
A matter of• Legal and policy frameworks
but also...
• Gender roles and culture
• Social recognition of women’s rights © IFAD
Achieving the MDG and empowering rural women - Critical issues:
• Enabling conditions
2.2. Women’s participation and decision-making Women’s participation and decision-making
A matter of
• Legal and policy frameworks
• Gender roles and culture
• Quotas?
• Confidence
• Women’s time
• Organization Beyond groups to broader coalitions and sustainable
local institutions
Beyond groups to broader coalitions and sustainable
local institutions
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Achieving the MDG and empowering rural women - Critical issues:
3.3. Lack of basic services and rural infrastructure Lack of basic services and rural infrastructure
• A constraint for rural people
But will commitments materialize?
• A special burden for women and girls
• A central MDG concern (22/49 indicators)
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• A limiting factor for women’s advancement
Achieving the MDG and empowering rural women - Critical issues:
How to reduce inequalities andadvance the status of rural women
...through...through improved access to: improved access to:
Productive resources
Participation in rural institutions and decision-making
Basic services and rural infrastructure
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IFAD’s IFAD’s PerspectivePerspective
IFAD’s IFAD’s PerspectivePerspective
The way ahead: key questions...
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• Which new development approaches?
• What issues to address in advocacy and policy dialogue?
• How to engage men as champions of women’s empowerment?
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