Policy Planning and Research.
· A national policy on women should be developed.
· Women's participation in decision-making structures should be increased at all levels through raising quotas for women and awareness building among women.
· Data collection and statistics are required to measure the contribution of women's work.
· Awareness building is needed at all levels.
· The capacity of existing structures for the promotion of women should be strengthened.
· Meetings should be organized for those working in structures for the promotion of women.
Legal and Policy Reform.
· Legal literacy efforts should be increased in order to improve the implementation of women's legal rights.
· Adequate legal instruments should be put in place to enable women to fully exercise their rights.
Access to Agricultural Resources and Services.
· Efforts are needed to improve women's access to credit, land and training. In particular, existing credit institutions should be strengthened and new ones created that take account of women's needs; the Agrarian and Land Reform measures need to be implemented, especially in regard to women's land rights; training should be directed to women in the management of their affairs.
· Efforts are required to alleviate the work burden of women, in particular to: build awareness of the need for a more equitable distribution of domestic tasks; implement a policy that takes account of the need for food security through appropriate distribution, storage structures, and reduction of post-harvest loss; increase women's access to food processing technologies such as mills, and to energy-saving technologies; improve access to energy supplies; increase child care centres; and provide training to women in the use of technologies and in management in the informal sector.
Source: National Sectoral Report on Women, Agriculture and Rural Development, 1994
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