Poverty Alleviation Through Rural Women Empowerment : In Tehsil Gujjar Khan, Rawalpindi District

Rural women in Pakistan, covers about half of Pakistan's total population and agricultural labor in the rural part of the huge proportion. The rise of poverty has greatly reduced the bargaining power of women and farmers. In a globalized world, to accomplish sustainable developments of societies gender parity and empowerment of women are of fundamental importance requires the ability of women in the social, political and economic spheres.This book helps the agricultural scientist and the social analyst to explore the deep knowledge about poverty alleviation in rural areas through women empowerment. This work will delve out the causes of socio-economic conditions of rural women which enable them to alleviate poverty. The work will help in developing and developed countries and specially in poverty risk countries like Pakistan, India, Bangaldesh, Africa, Afghanistan etc.