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Rural communities generally rely on agriculture, forestry, fisheries and livestock for their livelihoods.
©FAO/John Isaac
Rural women grow and prepare most of the food consumed in the home. They raise small livestock, collect water and fuel and care for the children, the sick and the elderly.
©FAO/Giulio Napolitano
Many rural workers receive low earnings, live and work in precarious conditions and have little access to risk-coping mechanisms.
©FAO/Roberto Faidutti
When parents cannot produce or earn sufficient income to ensure their family’s livelihoods, their children are sent to work.
©FAO/Giuseppe Bizzarri
Rural women are particularly disadvantaged in access to quality and paid employment due to cultural norms, limited access to productive resources and time consuming domestic responsibilities.
©FAO/Issouf Sanogo
They are generally segmented into lower quality jobs and tend to earn less than men.
©FAO/Kai Wiedenhoefer
Insufficient income limits women’s ability to sustain their families’ well-being and support their communities.
©FAO/Giulio Napolitano
Households and communities benefit when women have access to paid employment, translating in food security and social and economic growth.
C. Boonjarus
