Rural women: justice in Armenia and in the world
Today is the International Day of Rural women. It was fixed in UN official calendar in 2008 taking into consideration rural women’s role in the struggle against poverty and hunger. According to International estimations rural women are 43% of agricultural working force. In developing countries where agriculture is 32% of GDP, almost 80% of economically active women are engaged in agriculture, food processing. At the same time women are 70% of people suffering from hunger in the world.
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