Role of Pakistani Women in Home & Field and world wide Women impact.

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2. Assignment
Name:
Mohammad Zeeshan
Roll #
BAGF12M087
Class
5th
AEE 503
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3. Presentation Topic
Role of Women in at
Home & In at Field
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4. Introduction
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Biological role
(As a Mother)
Biological role
(As a Mother) Economic role
(As a income earner)
Economic role
(As a income earner)
Women RoleWomen Role
Social role
(As a housewife)
Social role
(As a housewife)
Role of
Traditional rural
women
Role of
Traditional rural
women
Role of
Modern rural
women
Role of
Modern rural
women

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Economic role
(As a income
earner)
Social role
(As a
housewife)
Child rearing
& bring up them
Cooking
Cleaning home &
garden
Provides woods &
water
Washing clothes
Agriculture
Livestock
Sericulture
Floriculture
Non-farm Income
Biological
Role
(As a Mother)
Child
bearing

6. Key Facts
• In Pakistan population 188 million,
49% women and 51% men. (Dec,2014)
• Total literacy rate of Pakistan is 58%.
Female literacy rate is 61.5% & the
male literacy rate is 79.1%. (2012-13)
• The labor force participation rate of
women is 22.7%, less than half of the
men's rate of 61.6% . (2013-14)
6wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan#Population # literacy rate

7. Cont…
 Women contribute considerably
to household income through farm
and non-farm activities.
• Women's work as family labor
is underestimated
• Women have an active role
and involvement in Agriculture,
livestock production, Environment
& Rural production.
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8. Cont…
• Women have extensive work
loads with dual responsibility for
farm and household production.
• In rural Areas, agriculture and
allied industrial sectors employ
as much as 89.5% of the total
female labor.
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9. Roll in Domestic:
• Cooking
• Child rearing
• Water collection
• Fuel wood gathering
• Household maintenance
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water collection
child rearing
fuel wood gathering
fuel wood gathering

11. Role of Women in
Agriculture
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12. Role in agriculture
• The women is the backbone of
agricultural workforce and play as a
vital role of any country’s economy.
• Over the years, there is a gradual
realization of the key role of women
in agricultural development and their
contribution in the field of
agriculture, food security,
horticulture, dairy, nutrition, and
other allied sectors. 12

13. Why women in agriculture?
• Eradicating poverty
• Ensuring food security
• Promoting their own well being
• Their increasing stake in agriculture
• Decreasing economic contribution
• Ownership in livestock, land , etc. is limited
Statistics:
• While only 53% of the male population is involved in
agriculture, the corresponding numbers for the female
population was a 85% of all rural female workers.
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Source: Report submitted to the Working Group Gender Issue, PRIs, PPPs,
Innovative Finance and Microfinance in Agriculture in the 11th Five Year Approach
Plan

14. South India West Africa
• Rice paddy agriculture:
doesn't need men's strength
• Women control
agriculture
• Women have more
freedom, status, social
power
• True in other rice
producing areas of South-
East Asia, (Indonesia)
• Women's status strong:
• Can own fields and crops
• Dominate local market
• Acquire wealth from trade
• Short-handled hoe used in
agriculture
• Agriculture not dependent on
men
• Therefore women not
dependent on men for
agriculture Taken From Research Paper
Type of Agriculture affects women's status

15. Women in Modern Times
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Field Work Female Male
Agricultural laborer 46.3% 23.0%
Cultivator 34.6% 39.9%
Household industry 7.5% 2.1%
Non-household
industry
3.8% 8.8%
Services 8.3% 10.8%
Other categories 3.5% 15.5%
Categories of employment in India (2013)

16. Multi-Dimensional Role of Women
Agriculture :
1.Sowing
2.Transplanting
3.Weeding
4.Irrigation
5.Fertilizer application
6.Plant protection
7.Harvesting
8.Winnowing
9.Storing etc.

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winnowingFertilizer application
SowingIrrigation

18. Technology development for
women
Designing of tools for various field
operations:
 Animal husbandry
 Artificial insemination
 Mushroom cultivation
 For side income
 Sericulture
 Floriculture
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•Cattle management
• Fodder collection
• Milking etc
Allied Activities:

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21. References
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in
agriculture_in_India
https://www.google.com.pk/?
gws_rd=cr&ei=WmYOVa3oEMLhaN6ogNAC#q=role+of+women+i
n+agriculture+and+rural+development&revid=246114962
http://www.wfo-oma.com/women-in-agriculture/articles/the-role-of-
rural-women-in-agriculture.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Pakistan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Pakistan#Population
www.carepathwaystoempowerment.org

22. Cont…
• info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/library/
• 154927/financeforum2002/pdf/sirtaine.ppt
• www.indianngos.com/issue/microcredit/operationalissues.htm
• info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/library/
• Organisation and Management of Rural Financial Sector –
Bhupat M Desai & N.V. Namboodiri
• Feminisation of Agriculture and Marginalization of their
economic stake. - Swarna S Vepa (EPW, June 18,2005)
• Food Security: How and for Whom? – Maithrevi Krishnaraj
(EPW, June 18, 2005)
• Women Professionals in Agriculture; Some employment
issues – N Sandhya Shenoy, D Rama Rao (EPW, April 24,
2004) 22

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24. Questions?
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