Equal pay, rights and treatment: for women around the world, these are the keys to a future free from hunger and poverty. Yet for the millions who work every day without a decent income, the first to lose their jobs when times get tough, and for those who suffer abuse, these basic rights are a distant dream.
Despite the fact that they represent about half of the planet’s farmers and in many places agricultural production depends largely on their labor, women face widespread discrimination. It is crucial that companies with business relationships with countries that discriminate against women commit to promoting their welfare by ensuring their participation on an equitable basis in the production chain.
Investing in training women in access to credit, land and other services can provide returns in productivity and efficiency. So that from victims they become protagonists in the redemption from hunger and poverty, as the cases of the Oxfam Private Investment in Agriculture Report show.