Before revision: The term has also been applied to other phenomena, including increasing shares of women in the agricultural workforce, male outmigration from rural areas, decreasing women's opportunities in agricultural productivity, and lower rural pay due to skill exclusions.Whitehead, 2009 p.45 Activists have argued that the trend is dangerous and leads to food insecurity.ActionAid 2010 Background Women's role in the agricultural sector increased during the 1960s and has continued to grow.
After revision: Out of all the women in the labor sector, the UN found 45-80%DIF > of them to be working in agriculture URLThe term has also been applied to other phenomena, including increasing shares of women in the agricultural workforce, male outmigration from rural areas, decreasing women's opportunities in agricultural productivity, and lower rural pay due to skill exclusions.Whitehead, 2009 p.45 Activists have argued that the trend is dangerous and leads to food insecurity.ActionAid 2010 Background Women's role in the agricultural sector increased during the 1960s and has continued to grow.