Women in Agriculture

Lesson 28 : Gender Issues

Multiple Roles of Women

Acquisition of Knowledge: Information seeking behaviour, awareness creation
Skill : Attending training, exposing to innovative methods
Attitude : Changing the mind set, challenging the situations
Assessment of social benefits : Individual, societal
Assessment of financial benefits : Material, money
Assessment of cultural benefits : Acceptability, applicability
Decision making : Identifying the alternatives, analyzing the alternatives, Choosing the best alternative, Procurement of the alternative
Application of Perception : to become sensitive, Participation- membership, leadership Possession - controlling, ownership