Gender Issues 14. While women provide most of the subsistence agriculture workforce , their participation in the formal economy is low and they account for only one in five of the paid work force.
Females receive much less education and medical care than men.
Male children are allocated a far greater share of household income than female children. Female literacy and school enrollment rates lag well behind those of males. Female representation in politics and public service management is negligible. Matrimonial violence against women is common. Human Development 15.