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Women: The Key to Food & Nutrition Security
hunger poverty environmental
degradation
Women are on the frontlines inthe fight against:
Women: The Key to Food & Nutrition Security
food security prosperity a healthy
environment
© 2006 Don Doering/IFPRI
Years of IFPRI research showsthat empowering women is key for:
Empowering Women: Key Recommendations
eradicate gender discrimination improve the status of women
Reform & monitor legal Institutions to:
Increase access to education for women and girls
Empowering Women: Key Recommendations
Target resources to women, such as:
food aid agricultural inputs
Increase women’s ability to actively participate in the development process
Reform Legal Institutions
property rights inheritance laws divorce laws
Changing:
can improvewomen’s access to land and other resources
Improve Women’s Social & Economic Status
mental health physical health life & longevity
of her children
© 2006 Michael Rubinstein/IFPRI
Raising a woman’sstatus dramaticallyimproves the:
Increase Female Education
Increasing women’seducation reduces child malnutrition
© 2006 Michael Rubinstein/IFPRI
Contributions to Reductions in Child Malnutrition, 1970-95
Women's status12%
Health & environment
19%
National food availability
26%
Women's education
43%
Target Resources to Women
credit seeds fertilizer new technologies
Improving women’saccess to resources, such as:
reduces poverty, increases productivity
Research on Women Is Critical to Achieving IFPRI’s Mission
Reducing genderdisparities promotesbetter food and nutrition security for all
© 2006 Don Doering/IFPRI