INVESTING IN SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF RURAL WOMEN subjects: Gender levels and types of education: Non-formal education |
ESKOLA T. GASPERINI L. INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE (ILO), GENEVA, 2010 |
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English
| Skills development is particularly important to rural women; who are more likely to be contributing family workers, subsistence farmers or homebased micro-entrepreneurs in the informal sector, or performing low-paid, unskilled work as seasonal workers.
This publication presents many examples of how barriers in education and training can be removed allowing women to contribute to enhancing food security and promoting environmentally sustainable rural development and livelihoods.
This publication is an usefull tool for rural teachers, extensionist and policy makers.
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Contact: ERP Coordination Unit FAO Rome,Italy Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 erp@fao.org |
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