文档介绍：Adult Education & Livelihood: Women as Agents of Change
Dr. Mandakini Pant*Change Agents
Introduction
Out of an Two thirds of an estimated billion poor people in the world, over two-thirds are women. They are face in abject poverty, in want of wanting adequate food, clean water, sanitation, and health care. Their livelihoods are precarious and inadequate. They often lack access to the critical resources of such as credit, land and inheritance. They are denied Denial of opportunities, & choices choices; and access to information, education, and skills. disempowers them. Without any sense of power whatsoever, Consequently their participation in decision-making is minimal, both at home and in munity. is minimal
. One clear manifestation of women’s survival strategies under poverty condition is to
Women are found extending their working hours inordinately at home and outside, to earn enough cash to meet the subsistence requirements of their households. subsistence requirements; yet Yet, their labour goes unrewarded and unrecognised, in most cases. The concern for persistent and increasing burden of poverty on women seeks a wider Given the plight of women, it es important to defin redefine eition of poverty. It calls for a concept of poverty that doesn’t only take into account the absence , one that not only takes into account the absence of minimum basic needs, but also includes the denial of opportunities and choices. Poverty reduction implies enhancing ement of resources, choices, capabilities and the power necessary to enjoy for enjoyment of an adequate standard of living and other rights (civil cultural, political and social).
When Poor women, provided with access to economic and educational opportunities, as well as the autonomy needed to take advantage of such opportunities, poor women eare enabled to make strategic life choices to
negotiate their poverty. reduce their vulnerabilities to poverty. The provision of credit, especially micro-credit, is i