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What economic, social, political and cultural factors influence the ability for women to gain an education?
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What economic, social, political and cultural factors influence the ability for women to gain an education? In LEDC's, women's roles consist mainly of looking after a family and working on the land to increase food productivity. In Zambia, Ghana, Botswana and Gambia, studies found that the amount harvested depended not on what the land could yield but on how much work the women could possibly fit into the daylight hours. Some types of work are not available to women in the third world. If women were given the choice to be educated, famine would be an issue threatening almost all developing countries. In Nepal, although women provide between 66% and 100% of the labour in agricultural activities, training and advice about agriculture has always been directed more at men. New technology introduced tends to help men with their tasks despite the fact that women have more back-breaking work to do on...
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