Question

What is the position of women in the economic pyramid?

• A. They are at the top of the economic pyramid.
• B. They are at the bottom of the economic pyramid.
• C. They are in the middle of the economic pyramid.
• D. Not clear from the given passage.

Answer 1

Answer:

B. They are at the bottom of the economic pyramid.

The position of women in the economic pyramid, as described in the passage, is that they are at the bottom of the economic pyramid. The passage mentions that women's work is often invisible and that they are stuck on a "sticky floor" of low technology, productivity, skills, earnings, and dignity. Additionally, it highlights the critical contributions of rural women to household production and national food security, which are hardly acknowledged.