Women produce 60 to 80 percent of all food, both as subsistence farmers and as agricultural wage laborers. They are the primary providers for the majority of the worldβs 925 million hungry people, obtaining food, collecting firewood and water, and cooking. And yet they have less access to land and the resources necessary to grow on it than their male counterparts. Inequitable distribution of land, labor, and resources leaves farming women triply burdened by work: in the fields, in the home, and in society.
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China Taking Uncooperative Stance on G20, Climate Treaty Terms
The G20 Global Summit, which will take place in the UK in April, stands to be an important factor in determining Chinaβs stance on climate change commitments as Copenhagen draws [ … ]