[Assignment- First Two Year Batch-MEd. 2015-17
- Govt. College of Teacher Education, Thiruvananthapuram]
Gender equality and poverty
Gender equality is ‘critical
ingredient’ in fight against poverty and hunger – UN agriculture chief
16 December 2016 – The fight
against extreme poverty, hunger and malnutrition is not possible without gender
equality and women empowerment, José Graziano da Silva, the Director-General of
the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), said in Rome, where he called for more efforts to
ensure that rural women, “the backbone of our work in agriculture,” enjoy a
level playing field.
Suggestions
*Teachers
should be given opportunity to conduct camps in village area to promote
education of women in rural areas.
*Children
should be shown equal love at home and school.
*Avoid
partiality.
Solutions
*Gender
equality help in the upliftment of women in all aspects.
*Offering
quality and universal education to young girls promotes progress of society as
a whole.
*Children
of educated mothers are twice likely to survive past the age of 5.
*Increased
participation in school reduces fertility rates over time.
*Equal
access to education empower women
through boosting her earning capabilities and improve her participation in
business and economic activity.
*Which
help to combat against current and future poverty through feeding, clothing
etc…
Submitted by Ms. Neethu SN.
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