Leveraging the energy transition for gender-equitable growth in rural livelihoods

Agriculture in India contributes close to 20% of GDP and employs 44% of the workforce. Of these agricultural workers, 55% are women, and this percentage is likely to increase as women have fewer opportunities than men to find non-farm jobs. On top of that, women face significantly more barriers and...

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Autores principales: Durga, Neha, Taneja, Garima, Mishra, Shrishti
Formato: Blog Post
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Publicado: CGIAR System Organization 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131663
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author Durga, Neha
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description Agriculture in India contributes close to 20% of GDP and employs 44% of the workforce. Of these agricultural workers, 55% are women, and this percentage is likely to increase as women have fewer opportunities than men to find non-farm jobs. On top of that, women face significantly more barriers and constraints in accessing natural resources such as water and land because – despite significant legal and social efforts – the land rights of women are not widely acknowledged.
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spelling CGSpace1316632025-06-30T08:32:31Z Leveraging the energy transition for gender-equitable growth in rural livelihoods Durga, Neha Taneja, Garima Mishra, Shrishti energy economic growth gender equity livelihoods women credit technology Agriculture in India contributes close to 20% of GDP and employs 44% of the workforce. Of these agricultural workers, 55% are women, and this percentage is likely to increase as women have fewer opportunities than men to find non-farm jobs. On top of that, women face significantly more barriers and constraints in accessing natural resources such as water and land because – despite significant legal and social efforts – the land rights of women are not widely acknowledged. 2023-03-03 2023-08-28T15:47:47Z 2023-08-28T15:47:47Z Blog Post https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131663 en Open Access CGIAR System Organization Durga, N.; Taneja, G.; Mishra, S. 2023. Leveraging the energy transition for gender-equitable growth in rural livelihoods. Montpellier, France: CGIAR. https://www.cgiar.org/news-events/news/leveraging-energy-transition-for-gender-equitable-growth-in-rural-livelihoods/
spellingShingle energy
economic growth
gender
equity
livelihoods
women
credit
technology
Durga, Neha
Taneja, Garima
Mishra, Shrishti
Leveraging the energy transition for gender-equitable growth in rural livelihoods
title Leveraging the energy transition for gender-equitable growth in rural livelihoods
title_full Leveraging the energy transition for gender-equitable growth in rural livelihoods
title_fullStr Leveraging the energy transition for gender-equitable growth in rural livelihoods
title_full_unstemmed Leveraging the energy transition for gender-equitable growth in rural livelihoods
title_short Leveraging the energy transition for gender-equitable growth in rural livelihoods
title_sort leveraging the energy transition for gender equitable growth in rural livelihoods
topic energy
economic growth
gender
equity
livelihoods
women
credit
technology
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131663
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