HOUSEHOLDS HEADED BY WOMEN

Support for households headed by women

Development programme for families headed by women

Women headed one third of all African households.

30 organizations headed by women received social credits

All the mutual aid cooperatives are headed by women.

363. Households headed by women were most vulnerable to poverty.

Development programme for families headed by women of the National Office for Equality for Women.

In 1994 there were 251 lists for the Senate, and 22 of them were headed by women 48 of the 628 lists for the Chamber were headed by women.

have documented the unprotected situation and poverty of households headed by women.

Among them, 1.04 million were poor, 29 of whom were household headed women.

In rural areas, almost 19 per cent of households are headed by women.

The respective shares of households headed by women and those headed by men did not vary significantly between 1998 and 2001, according to official figures.

It must be noted that of the seven Majlis committees, two are headed by women. In the preceding convocation, only one woman headed a committee.

During the 2002 legislative session, out of 17 committees, four were headed by women.

At present there are 21 foreign missions of which five are headed by women.

The National Elections Commission and the Governance Reform Commission are both headed by women.

From 1981 to 1993, a major increase of households headed by women was recorded.

In 1995 147,253 families, including 54,646 (37 ) headed by women, benefited from these activities.

Over 65 per cent of the households supported by WFP are headed by women.

In the latter case, women are clearly discriminated against, thus also affecting the livelihood of children in women headed households.

And seven of 88 local bodies of the Republic (or 8 ) are headed by women.

The ratio of households headed by women increased to nearly 27 in the year 2003.

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Among households headed by women, non agricultural income accounts for 77 per cent of the total.

In the preceding year, 4.1 per cent of households headed by men were visited by a technical expert, compared to a negligible 1.3 per cent of households headed by women.

The Commission for the Advancement of Women of the Ministry headed by a Deputy Minister was established.

The current 29th Government, headed by PM Ariel Sharon, has three women ministers (Justice, Education, and Communications).

To date, 12 political parties have been officially registered, and two of them are headed by women.

At present, 35 of public entrepreneurial associations that are functioning in the Republic are headed by women.

In 1990 1994 three of the 15 ministries were headed by women, while so far in 1994 1998 four women have held ministerial portfolios.

Female farmers in remote and mountainous areas, especially single, household headed and elderly women are the most vulnerable.

There are female headed households without a link to males because women are unmarried, widowed, divorced or abandoned.

Forty four per cent of the families now receiving support through this targeted programme are headed by women.

A ministry on the status of women had also been established, and it was headed by a woman.

The Episcopal Conference estimates that among the displaced population 24.6 per cent of households are headed by women.

In 2004, the incidence of poverty was higher among male headed households (23 per cent) than in households headed by women (13 per cent), a pattern similar to the one observed in 2000.3

159. According to the figures above, a little more than one fourth of Dominican households are headed by women.

Data relating to the poverty structure of households according to the sex of the head of household reveal significant differences between different major regions and between households headed by women and households headed by men.

Female farmers in the mountainous and remote areas, especially single, household headed and old women, are the most vulnerable group.

Assuming an average of five persons per household, the number of people in households headed by women would be 5,500,000.

305. The Committee welcomes the Peruvian delegation, headed by the Deputy Minister for the Advancement of Women and Human Development.

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