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Rural women’s economic empowerment

Year of publication 2014

Pages 2p.

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Women make significant contributions to the rural economy in all regions of the world. In developing countries, women make up on average about 40 per cent of the agricultural labour force, ranging from 20 per cent in Latin America to 50 per cent or more in certain parts of Africa and Asia.

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