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Economy of Uganda

I will be adding a section regarding the Women in the Ugandan Economy.

Drafting
- Give brief background about the inequality / add to introduction of article

The agriculture sector of the Uganda economy, which composes roughly 40% of the country's GDP, is largely fulfilled by women laborers, especially in managing products, marketing, and the crop sub-sector. Women also dominate the informal sector of the economy, and this can be attributed to the lack of equity between men and women in the country. Women are unable to enter into certain sectors due to the inability to provide substantial initial funding, and remain predominantly in the trade and service sectors of the economy compared to more profitable sectors men dominate, such as manufacturing. Furthermore, women are often undervalued in data compilation, such as when considering their role in their domestic home lives. Margaret Snyder states, "When the actual value of most rural women's labour on cash and food crops is added to their income from selling surplus food, their contributions to the rural family income at least match and often surpass those of men." The barriers facing women to further their entrepreneurial careers are different than men inherent with the biased culture and institutions plaguing Uganda despite the passing of somewhat progressive policies, especially with the 1985 transition of government to the National Resistance Movement party.