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Rural women are particularly disadvantaged, both as poor and as women. [3] Women in both rural and urban areas face a higher risk of poverty and more limited economic opportunities than their male counterparts. [4] The number of rural women living in extreme poverty rose by about 50 percent over the past twenty years. [3]
It works for the welfare of women and children. It was founded in 2004 and formally registered in 2008 by the human rights defender Noorzia Afridi and Fareeda Afridi and some other like minded women. It was started from Khyber Agency (now District Khyber) Federally Administrative Tribal Areas now Merged Areas.
Rural development is the process of improving the quality of life and economic well-being of people living in rural areas, often relatively isolated and sparsely populated areas. [1] Often, rural regions have experienced rural poverty , poverty greater than urban or suburban economic regions due to lack of access to economic activities, and ...
In the United States, rural community development is an essential tool in keeping rural areas economically viable in a competitive global arena. Under the United States Department of Agriculture , this is addressed through the Rural Development mission area, comprising the Rural Housing Service , Rural Utilities Service , and Rural Business ...
The Women in Development approach was the first contemporary movement to specifically integrate women in the broader development agenda and acted as the precursor to later movements such as the Women and Development (WAD), and ultimately, the Gender and Development approach, departing from some of the criticized aspects imputed to the WID ...
Social development is the people that develop social and emotional skills across the lifespan, with particular attention to childhood and adolescence. Healthy social development allows us to form positive relationships with family, friends, teachers, and other people in our lives.
Rural sociology is a field of sociology traditionally associated with the study of social structure and conflict in rural areas. It is an active academic field in much of the world, originating in the United States in the 1910s with close ties to the national Department of Agriculture and land-grant university colleges of agriculture.
Rural women are particularly disadvantaged, both as poor and as women. [28] Women in both rural and urban areas face a higher risk of poverty and more limited economic opportunities than their male counterparts. [29] The number of rural women living in extreme poverty rose by about 50 percent over the past twenty years. [28]