1999

Report on a conference in Bonn, Germany, whose central themes included: women’s access to productive resources such as land, capital, and training; effects of women’s access to productive resources on child nutrition and distribution of household income; the effects of male migration on rural women’s role in production; successful approaches to grassroots organization of women in rural areas; and possible national and international actions that can be taken to enhance rural women’s rights and productivity. Report drafted by conference participant attending on behalf of Landesa (then called the Rural Development Institute). | Download PDF