Employment can be an important way to empower women, especially when women can control their own money and resources. Women are more likely than men to have physically demanding work, which can have negative efects on their health. he vast majority of women (78 percent) work in agriculture. he next most common line of work for women is unskilled manual labour. Even the wealthiest wom- - en are more likely to work in unskilled manual la- - bour (32 percent) and agriculture (23 percent) than in other occupations. Agriculture is also the most common occupation for men (71 percent). Men, however, are.
