3. A root cause of poverty: the imbalance between...
What rural women have:What rural women have:
2% of land
5% extension
services
15% parliamentary
seats
Marginal access to
formal credit
Less education
FewerFewer rightsrights
What rural women do:What rural women do:
Family care
Domestic work
Agricultural
production
Income - generation
Management of
household food
security
Natural resources
management
4. NutritionNutrition Maternal
mortality
Maternal
mortality
Infant
mortality
Infant
mortality
HIV/
AIDS
HIV/
AIDS
Malaria and
other diseases
Malaria and
other diseases
Income growthIncome growth
Water
and sanitation
Water
and sanitation
Universal
primary education
Universal
primary education
Gender equality/
women’s
empowerment
Gender equality/
women’s
empowerment
……an opportunity, and an essential condition for achieving thean opportunity, and an essential condition for achieving the
Millennium Development GoalsMillennium Development Goals
ODA for
basic
services
ODA for
basic
services
Reducing inequalities - Empowering women...
5. Achieving the MDG, empowering women
Global challenges:Global challenges:
More resources, but also
...better planned and better focused
Turning globalization into an opportunity
and not a risk
Mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDS on
women
More of the same is not enoughMore of the same is not enough
6. IFAD’s challenges:IFAD’s challenges:
Reinforcing field impact
…and achieving a broader catalytic effect
through:through:
IFAD’s achievements:IFAD’s achievements:
Organization and decision-making
Economic empowerment
Improved living conditions
advocacy
policy dialogue
partnerships
Achieving the MDG, empowering women