You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
Committee Serial No. 85-8. Nov. 11 and 12 hearings were held in Honolulu, Hawaii; Nov. 13 hearing was held in Hilo, Hawaii; Nov. 15 hearing was held in Wailuku, Hawaii; Nov. 18 hearing was held in Lihue, Hawaii.
Many social protection programmes, including cash transfers, public works programmes and asset transfers, target women as main beneficiaries or recipients of benefits. Extending social protection to rural populations has great potential for fostering rural women’s economic empowerment. However, to tap into this potential, more needs to be done. There is much scope for making social protection policies and programmes more gender sensitive and for better aligning them with agricultural and rural development policies to help address gender inequalities. Recognizing this potential and capitalizing on existing evidence, FAO seeks to enhance the contribution of social protection to gender equali...