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Women and Food Security in South Asia: Current Issues and Emerging Concerns

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  • Nira Ramachandran

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The educated and socially empowered Asian Woman is the key to improving the nutrition and mental acuity of young children and that improvement sets in motion lifelong prospects for heightened learning and earning with benefit streams to families, communities and nations [WIDER Research Paper No. 2006/131].

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  • Nira Ramachandran, 2007. "Women and Food Security in South Asia: Current Issues and Emerging Concerns," Working Papers id:1094, eSocialSciences.
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    1. Hina Nazli & Shahnaz Hamid, 1999. "Concerns of Food Security, Role of Gender, and Intrahousehold Dynamics in Pakistan," PIDE-Working Papers 1999:175, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
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