About the Book: Rural Women Empowerment and Rural Development in South Asia
Rural Women Empowerment and Rural Development in South Asia Rural women make
essential contributions to the rural economy of all developing countries, yet
their access to productive resources and employment opportunities remains
limited, holding back their capacity to improve their lives and to better
contribute to the economic growth, food security and sustainable development of
their communities and countries. The main objective of this book is to evolve
alternative strategies of rural women empowerment to enable them to participate,
as equal citizens, in the economic, political and social sustainable development
of the rural society. This