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UN report finds gender inequalities persisting in rural Armenia

More than 40 percent of economically active women in Armenia are employed in agriculture, compared to about 30 percent of men. The vast majority of those women are informal workers on family farms however, and this fact has major implications for rural livelihoods and wellbeing, according to a report just released by FAO.

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Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Year: 2017
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Country/ies: Armenia
Geographical coverage: Europe and Central Asia
Type: Blog article
Content language: English
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