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CHAPTER 5
Figure 5.3 Employment by Sector (as a share of total employment) by Gender
Total employment by sector (%), 2007

Agriculture

Male employment:
I Agriculture
I Industry
I Services

sub-Saharan
Africa
South Asia
Middle East &
North Africa

Female employment:
I Agriculture
I Industry
I Services

East Asia &
Pacific
Latin America &
Caribbean

Male employment:
I 1997 I 2007

CEE/CIS*
Developed
Regions
0

25

50

75

100 0

25

50

75

100

Female employment:
I 1997 I 2007

* Central and Eastern Europe/Commonwealth of Independent States.
Source: United Nation’s Development Fund for Women, 2008.

from moderate to severe acute malnutrition. She is alive today because of the persistence of
Save the Children staff in getting the officials’ attention.
Gender equality and the economic empowerment of women are preconditions for overcoming poverty, hunger, and malnutrition. Therefore, they must be given priority in the post2015 development agenda. Evidence shows that reducing gender inequality increases agricultural productivity. Removing discriminatory land and labor
laws, improving their access to tools, fertilizers, and credit
“Gender equality
could be a game-changer in the fight against hunger and
and the economic
malnutrition. Raising women’s income has been shown to
empowerment of women
improve children’s nutrition, health, and education.32 The
are preconditions for
fate of children is directly tied to the status of their mothers.
overcoming poverty,
A woman’s level of education is a key factor in determining
hunger, and malnutrition.”
whether her children will even survive to the age of 5.33
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