The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people. The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict. Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. The privileged have a responsibility to do what they know is right. Those who do nothing while witnessing injustice and wrong-doing do worse than those who commit acts of injustice. One pattern that I have found is his clarity in speaking out on complacency and inaction. This alone would improve the lives of millions across the world.On this anniversary of the March On Washington for civil rights, I have been looking for some choice quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr.
Identifying the potential that rural women come along with and equipping them with adequate resources and information on markets will enable them to achieve the goal of doubling farmers' income. As per an article by the Hindustan Times, the need for a more augmented approach to equip farmers, especially women, with such resilience needs to be looked into on a policy-making level.Įmpowerment of rural women can be turned into reality only through collaborative efforts that address and resolve these structural inequalities within the farming space. This makes agriculture producers, in general, prone to loss of livelihood. In India, particularly, the agricultural sector is highly dependent on natural resources and weather conditions. Building their resilience to climate change then becomes crucial in empowering rural women. Across low and middle-income countries, women are about ten per cent less likely to own a mobile device than men and about 313 million fewer women than men use mobile internet services.Ībout four in five people who were forced to leave their homes due to climate-related disasters were accounted to be women. It has become an essential tool for buying, selling, reporting, transferring, and insuring what is being harvested. In the global arena, phones and other electronic devices are consistently being used to connect farmers with the markets. The limited market understanding has also been traced to the disparity in access to technology. Women often sell their produce for a lesser price than their male counterparts due to their limited access to market space and its understanding. Connectivity Through Formal Markets And Digital EconomyĪ similar form of inequality is evident in price realisation with unequal access to formal markets. Therefore, access to land and good soil becomes the fundamental idea for addressing inequalities. However, limited ownership in an agriculture-dependent country could drastically impact its economic and social well-being.
Unlike India, where there is a provision to accommodate women's land owners, some countries do not even permit women to own land. They are less likely to hold a legal right over the land they cultivate, which places uncertainty on their main source of income and food. Globally, women constitute only 15 per cent of all landholders, even though almost one in two farmers are women. One of the key areas that have been discussed while talking about inequality among rural women is land ownership. Therefore, looking into the root of such inequal distributions becomes pivotal to tackling the concern. So the inequity in access to resources impacts both the economic well-being of women farmers as well as the overall agricultural output of the country. A study by the International Fund For Agriculture Development found that if women farmers had similar access to agriculture and financial resources that are availed by men, about 100 to 150 million people would be lifted out of hunger.
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