Why is gender important in development?
Why is gender important in development? The short answer is that it is. Gender equality is important in the long term because it will reduce the number of people on the planet suffering from hunger and malnutrition. One of the problems that we face is a lack of information. There are no statistics, surveys or surveys on gender issues. No organisation or government wants to admit that there is a problem. If there is an issue, they will come up with an excuse not to do anything, and that excuse will be 'because we don't have statistics on this'. The problem is that gender is rarely an issue in the short term, or if it is…