Bangladesh: Experts call for inclusion of women in sustainable food systems
Published 04 Jun,2021 via The Financial Express - Despite playing a critical role in ensuring food security and proper nutrition for families, women remain common victims to malnutrition, experts have said. They expressed such opinion on Thursday while speaking at a national dialogue on women in the food system.
Among other crises that women face in society are unhealthy food consumption and lack of accessibility to necessary healthcare services. The speakers called for recognising the position and challenges of women and formulate action plans accordingly to ensure a sustainable and inclusive food system for all, including women, in society.
According to the Labor Force Survey (2016-17), they also mentioned during the dialogue, women account for nearly half of the workforce in agriculture and nearly 3/4th of the rural female workforce is engaged in agriculture in Bangladesh.
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