Empowering rural women in Guatemala
Herlinda Caal Tzi is a 48-year-old Q’eqchi’ woman from rural Guatemala. She lives in the village of Panzós, in the country’s Alta Verapaz department, with her husband Tomás Cac, their three sons and two daughters-in-law.
Herlinda is one of many women who have made positive changes in their lives through the United Nations joint programme on Accelerating Progress towards the Economic Empowerment of Rural Women (RWEE).
Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Year: 2016
Country/ies: Guernsey
Geographical coverage: Latin America and the Caribbean
Type: Blog article
Full text available at: http://www.fao.org/gender/gender-home/gender-insight/gender-insightdet/en/c/447287/
Content language: English