In rural areas of Guinea, for example, women spend more than twice as much time fetching wood and water per week than men, while in Malawi, they spend over eight times more time than men on the same tasks. Girls in rural Malawi also spend over three times more time than boys fetching...
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The situation is most dire in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where there has been an increase in the incidence of undernourishment in all sub-regions, and about 23% of the population is estimated to be hungry or facing chronic food deprivation (FAO et al., 2018). Thus, increased efforts are ...
WHO has issued interim guidance for community-based programs in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic [14], and national programs are restarting program interventions while relevant research gradually resumes, as the situation allows. Of particular concern are delays in diagnosis and interruption of ...
The executive director of the Water Witness International group came forward to suggest that the UK should be held responsible for the cholera outbreak in Malawi which has killed 1210 people after the UK cut the WASH aid budget of the country by GBP 90 million [30]. The UK has since ...
Monitoring the situation of children and women. Preliminary report. This preliminary report is based on the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) conducted in Malawi in 2006 by the National Statistical Office (NSO). The ... NMNSO Unicef - 《Zomba Malawi National Statistical Office Feb》 被引...
However, the poverty situation of rural non-agricultural households worsens, while no poverty changes occur in the case of metro households. 展开 关键词: Consumer/Household Economics Financial Economics Food Security and Poverty International Development 被引量: 1 ...
“I am fully confident that Ethiopia will remain intact; this is by the desire and choice of the Ethiopian population,” he told DW. What is needed, however, is an overhaul of the political system: “The EPRDF regime is simply not compatible with the cultural and political situation in ...
3、hey are more vulnerable to disease and disasters and the situation is made worse by their poverty. cultural and social norms sometimes complicate matters further by placing additional expectations, restrictions and limitations on women. gender gaps are widespread, and in no region of the world ...
Addressing a virtual United Pre-Food Systems Summit Dialogue that was hosted by Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera, the Presidentsaid as the world moves towards eradicating hunger and ending poverty, institutions of higher learning must be roped in to offer innovation that climate-proofs the vital agr...