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June 10th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The federal government must prioritise foreign aid to female farmers if it is to have an impact on tackling global hunger, an aid organisation says.
Oxfam Australia has called on the government to use the upcoming UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro to push for greater investment in small-scale women farmers.
The summit will be held later this month.
Oxfam says although women comprise 43 per cent of the agricultural labour force in developing countries they do not have equal access to land and resources and tend to be excluded from decision-making.
“Women feed families and produce most of the food in many developing countries, yet represent more than half of the world’s hungry, and do not have equal access to land, credit, markets, education and support services,” Oxfam Australia spokeswoman Kelly Dent said in a statement.
“The world will soon focus its attention on the Rio Plus 20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development to work out how to reduce poverty, advance social equality and ensure environmental protection into the future.”
The aid group said women must be given priority because they are more likely to channel the income they receive into the health and education of their children.
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