Women make up only about 50% of the population and are already tasked with a host of other domestic duties. If women do 60-80% of the work in agriculture, what would the men be doing, especially given ...

BACKGROUNDThis paper provides estimates of the contributions of increased women’s education and reduced infant and child mortality to fertility declines in urban and rural areas of countries in ...

On International Women’s Day, it is crucial to acknowledge the vital contributions of African women in agribusiness. As highlighted by ...

A new report from the NGO ActionAid highlights the growing vulnerability of women to gender-based violence. It underscores ...

Female-owned enterprises are less productive, although their productivity may be underestimated because of constraints on women’s time and imprecise productivity measures. Enterprises owned by young ...

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They've successfully launched their business by combining newly acquired skills in filmmaking and farming, using social media to market their produce online.

Women have fared worse during COVID than men as the rural‑urban divide deepens and income falls across sub-Saharan Africa In sub-Saharan Africa, the gender inequities of the COVID-19 pandemic follow ...