The Bread of the World Institute is a non-partisan,
Christian citizens' movement aimed at educating policymakers, opinion leaders,
and the public about hunger, shows that discrimination against women is a major
cause of persistent hunger and that increasing women’s earning potential by
boosting bargaining power, reducing gender inequality in unpaid work,
increasing women’s political representation, and eliminating the wage gap
between male and female labor could help stem the worldwide epidemic.
According to their new report "Neither women nor men
living in poverty have much economic bargaining power—that is, an ability to
negotiate favorable economic outcomes for themselves—especially in developing
countries, as the vast majority of people do low-paying, low-productivity
work," However, it goes on to explain "Even within the constraints of
poverty, however, working conditions for men and women are far from equal:
women suffer many more forms of discrimination, which worsen the effects of
poverty on their lives. Discrimination that establishes and reinforces women’s
lower status in society starts within the family and extends through community
customs and national laws… Discrimination is why women farmers labor with fewer
productive resources than their male counterparts, why women in all sectors of
the economy earn less than men, and why girls are pulled out of school to work
or to marry… we must identify and adopt policies that help eliminate entrenched
and interconnected sexism and racism.""
Asma Lateef, director of Bread for the World Institute says
"We must not tolerate discrimination against women and instead, demand a
comprehensive approach to women’s empowerment that includes applying a gender
lens to all programs and policies."
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/11/24/end-hunger-empower-women-study
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