GENDER EQUALITY IS IMPORTANT FOR DEVELOPMENT

GENDER EQUALITY IS IMPORTANT FOR DEVELOPMENT

Posted by : Posted on : 15-Apr-2015

Quotes:

 “A state that does not educate and train women is like a man who only trains his right arm.”     Jostein Gaader, Sophie’s World.

“Development is not only about raising people’s incomes or reducing poverty, but, rather, it involves a process of expanding freedoms equally for all people.”

 Nobel prize winning economist, Amartya Sen.

 If viewed from the perspective of Amartya Sen, then gender equality is intrinsically valued and this has been highlighted in a pertinent article written by Ella Kauhue, President of the Solomon Islands National Council of Women (SINCW)

 

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