In the push for women’s empowerment, rural women can’t be left behind

On virtually every measurable development indicator—including poverty, hunger, education, and health—rural women fare worse than rural men and urban women.

Even with equal access, women farmers often do not have equal productivity because they are held back by lack of land rights, lack of access to markets, and difficulty in hiring labour, write Jim Cornelius and Paul Winters. Pixabay photograph courtesy of David Greenwood-Haigh

Opinion

BY JIM CORNELIUS, PAUL WINTERS

June 12, 2019

Globally, the momentum for gender equality and justice is growing. Nowhere was this more evident than at the Women Deliver conference, where more than 8,000 leaders, advocates, and experts from around the world gathered in Vancouver from June 3 to 6 to fight for women’s empowerment. Canada is bu...

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