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1 Harnessing the Potential of Women in the Fight Against Poverty

2 How to reduce inequalities and advance the status of rural women
IFAD’s Perspective How to reduce inequalities and advance the status of rural women ...through improved access to: Productive resources Participation in rural institutions and decision-making Basic services and rural infrastructure © IFAD Why do it? What are the challenges? The way ahead

3 A root cause of poverty: the imbalance between...
What rural women have: 2% of land 5% extension services 15% parliamentary seats Marginal access to formal credit Less education Fewer rights What rural women do: Family care Domestic work Agricultural production Income - generation Management of household food security Natural resources management

4 Reducing inequalities - Empowering women...
Nutrition Maternal mortality Gender equality/ women’s empowerment Infant mortality Malaria and other diseases HIV/ AIDS Water and sanitation Universal primary education ODA for basic services Income growth …an opportunity, and an essential condition for achieving the Millennium Development Goals

5 More of the same is not enough
Achieving the MDG, empowering women 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 enough

6 Achieving the MDG, empowering women
IFAD’s achievements: Economic empowerment Organization and decision-making Improved living conditions IFAD’s challenges: Reinforcing field impact …and achieving a broader catalytic effect through: advocacy policy dialogue partnerships

7 Achieving the MDG and empowering rural women - Critical issues:
1. Women’s access to productive resources A matter of Legal and policy frameworks but also... Gender roles and culture Social recognition of women’s rights © IFAD Enabling conditions

8 2. Women’s participation and decision-making A matter of
Achieving the MDG and empowering rural women - Critical issues: 2. Women’s participation and decision-making A matter of Legal and policy frameworks Gender roles and culture Quotas? Confidence Women’s time Organization © IFAD Beyond groups to broader coalitions and sustainable local institutions

9 Achieving the MDG and empowering rural women - Critical issues:
3. Lack of basic services and rural infrastructure A constraint for rural people A special burden for women and girls A limiting factor for women’s advancement A central MDG concern (22/49 indicators) © IFAD But will commitments materialize?

10 How to reduce inequalities and advance the status of rural women
IFAD’s Perspective How to reduce inequalities and advance the status of rural women ...through improved access to: Productive resources Participation in rural institutions and decision-making Basic services and rural infrastructure © IFAD

11 The way ahead: key questions... Which new development approaches?
What issues to address in advocacy and policy dialogue? How to engage men as champions of women’s empowerment? © ASIA

12 © IFAD End


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