Written by: Clare Bishop-Sambrook, Lead Technical Specialist, Gender and Social Inclusion, Policy and Technical Advisory Division, IFAD, Rome
Labour-saving devices have been available for decades - so why are women still working 12 hours a week more than men? This topic formed the main theme for a keynote address by Clare Bishop-Sambrook at the InnovationSharefair in Nairobi on International Rural Women's Day on 15 October.
The daily burden of rural living - particularly for women - is a major constraint to small farmers' ability to increase agricultural productivity, achieve food security, and improve general well-being. The sheer hard labour will continue to drive young people away from agriculture and rural communities.
Ensuring rural women's access to relevant and affordable technologies is central to the International Year of Family Farming and the African Union's 2014 push for agricultural productivity and food security. This is coupled with addressing workload distribution at the household level.
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