As a nation, we need to invest in women’s education to increase our productivity and innovation, and promote social inclusion.
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Research has shown that in the agricultural sector, women carry out about 80 per cent of agricultural productions, and 60 per cent of agricultural processing activities, yet have less than 20 per cent of agricultural assets. It is women who contribute the bulk of the food the nation feeds on, yet they are faced with the challenges of access to land, finances, and farm inputs, which we can attribute to the major reason why there is food scarcity, resulting in hunger and low GDP.
In education, out of the over 20 million out-of-school children, two thirds are girls; there are low comparative levels of literacy, education and livelihood skills among women and girls and many girls who never get a second opportunity in education. The foregoing distorts the goal of equity and equality.
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