similarly given womens disproportionate representation among those living in poverty a government lending scheme to buy land may be inaccessible to women due to its cost even if the scheme is open to both men and women see united nations entity for gender equality and the empowerment of women unwomen progress of the worlds women in pursuit of justice and report of the office of the united nations high commissioner for human rights on good practices in efforts aimed at preventing violence against women a hrc see also working group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice available from wwwohchrorgenlssueswomenwgwomen pageswgwomenlndexaspx accessed november