If the role of women is valued, over half the population of the Hindu Kush-Himalayas will derive more benefits from mountain development.
Women do most agricultural and household work.
Despite this, many mountain women are very active in enterprises and off-farm activities that supplement their household incomes. Women can benefit from labour-saving innovations that reduce their household drudgery and allow more time for activities that improve their livelihoods. Life in mountain areas is often difficult, and improving the health and education of children and their mothers helps the well-being of mountain populations. Programmes to support self-employment or credit and savings' schemes can help women to improve their livelihoods. In the actual poster, the complete text that you see above, to the left of the poster, appears on the poster itself.