The United Nations agencies in Vietnam proposed increasing women’s access to education and training, which also needs to be incorporated into policies on agricultural and rural development, and gender equality.
The gender gap remains wide, with 63.4 percent of women in rural areas working in agriculture, compared to 57.5 percent of men.
Rural women play a key role in food production and non-agricultural activities, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation in Vietnam said in their report issued on the occasion of International Day of Rural Women (October 15).
They suggested authorities support women in accessing production services and resources, including knowledge, advice and professional skills.
The banking sector should also provide financial assistance to them along the way, UN Women and the FAO said.-VNA
The gender gap remains wide, with 63.4 percent of women in rural areas working in agriculture, compared to 57.5 percent of men.
Rural women play a key role in food production and non-agricultural activities, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation in Vietnam said in their report issued on the occasion of International Day of Rural Women (October 15).
They suggested authorities support women in accessing production services and resources, including knowledge, advice and professional skills.
The banking sector should also provide financial assistance to them along the way, UN Women and the FAO said.-VNA
