Briefing Papers Number 22, September 2013 | Page 8

satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the amount of leisure time
available).
In order for WEAI and other components of the renewed
U.S. commitment to gender equality to result in improved
productivity and food security, they must first be mainstreamed into policy actions and funded. Currently, financial support for women’s rights and economic empowerment
remains lacking.
Agricultural strategies and programs need to be based
on a deeper understanding of the impact of gender—both
the similar and the different interests of women and men
as consumers and producers within food systems. The issue
of access to assets is particularly important. To achieve this,
greater efforts ar