A reduction F enhance K emancipate B weld G lightweight L participating C involved H reason M productivity D levy I deduction N generating E approaches J relationships O achieved To invest in women's education and health is important for the overall welfare of the human society. The 1)______ for saying so is obvious, that is, women are playing important roles in modern society. The politicians who 2)______taxes should know that women contribute to 40 percent of the world's production in agriculture, a quarter in industry, and a third in services. Women farmers in the developing countries grow at least 50 percent of the world's food. In addition to 3)______ income, women continue to take responsibilities for household activities such as childcare, cleaning and preparing food, which are sometimes not as 4)______ and easy as generally thought. Yet women's productivity remains low. Improving women's productivity can greatly benefit economic growth and poverty 5)_______, which are key development goals around the world. Hence, to 6)______ women's status is a vital part of the World Bank's strategy for broadly based economic and human resource development. To improve women's welfare calls for the efforts of both women and men. If long-term change in the conditions of women is to be 7)______, the actions and attitudes of men must change, rather than simply to 8)_______ women from old conventions. Problems affecting women are often closely related to the social 9)_______ between men and women. For example, it is impossible to deal with women's health problems effectively through 10)______ that involve only women. Many women's health problems are embedded in unequal gender relation in work loads, responsibilities for family welfare, as well as access to resources and decision-making.