Gender dimensions of agricultural
and rural employment:
Differentiated pathways out of poverty

Status, trends and gaps

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    FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2010

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Table of contents

Foreword  [831kb]
Introduction
Acknowledgement
Abbreviations and acronyms

Part I   [986kb]

Gender dimensions of rural and agricultural employment: Differentiated pathways out of poverty
A global perspective

Part II   [888kb]

Consequences of gender inequalities and policy options for gender equitable rural employment
Workshop contributions

Part III   [526kb]

Selected papers – workshop contributions

Boxes, graphs and tables  [1,235]