Ethiopian women have played the traditional role of mother and homemaker in both rural and urban areas. In addition to their farming work, women also engage in unpaid work in their household such as cooking for the family, grinding grain, fetching water, gathering fuelwood, doing laundry, and cleaning barns. However,...

Today, women constitute over 70% of the agricultural workforce in The Gambia mainly through their participation in subsistence farming, which aids in the nurturing and upkeep of their families and their participation in social life. Mariama Sanyang is a woman farmer and native of Kubandar. She is part of a...

What is the story behind the food you eat? What if people actually valued all the underpaid and unpaid labor that goes into food? What if women were not doing most of the work? And if women and girls weren’t the last ones to eat? What if it weren't mostly...

Las mujeres representan la mitad de la población mundial y la mitad de su potencial económico, no obstante, si bien el creciente reconocimiento de la importancia de la equidad de género ha contribuido a canalizar el progreso en este aspecto, la mayor parte del potencial económico de la mujer permanece...

In the Republic of Moldova, far more women living in rural areas are at risk of poverty compared with men and with urban populations. The recently released National Gender Profile on Agricultural and Rural Livelihoods in the Republic of Moldova presents a snapshot of gender inequalities that affect various aspects of agricultural...

Las mujeres rurales juegan un rol transformador en el desarrollo agrícola y rural, así como en garantizar la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional. Sin embargo, las mujeres tienen menos acceso a los Servicios de Asistencia Técnica y Extensión Rural (SAR), que los hombres e incluso, cuando logran tener acceso, la información,...

Improving the understanding of rural female labor employment transfer and its impact on family welfare is of great significance to the improvement of rural family welfare and the rational transfer of labor forces. However, there are few studies on the effect of rural female transfer and there is a lack...

After a particularly complicated and violent period in its history under the Khmer Rouge regime, Cambodia can boast of having halved its poverty rate between 2014 and 2022. Even if extreme poverty is still far from being eradicated today, this progress proves that it is not inevitable.

La economía nicaragüense se encuentra en un proceso de desaceleración desde 2018 proceso que se profundizará como consecuencia de la pandemia COVID 19 cuando la economía mundial se ha visto afectada sustancialmente. Se estima que la reducción del Producto Interno Bruto  podría superar el 4 5 por ciento en el...

The WRF, together with six participating member organisations, organised in March and April 2022 two webinars, within the series Rural Women and Cooperativism. Insightful and valuable experiences of women’s farming groups or cooperatives from East and Central Africa, Latin America and Asia were shared.  The Rural Women and Cooperativism virtual exchange cycle aimed to promote the...

Extreme poverty is highly concentrated among rural women in developing countries as they are most vulnerable. High poverty undermines rural women’sproductivity and lowers their purchasing power thereby denyingthem access to quality education, health care,and basic needs. Despite this, most previouspovertystudies, especially in Nigeria, did not focus on women. This study,...

While over the past few years, the nexus between climate change and security has received considerable attention in both policy circles and academia, the gender dimensions and implications embedded in these issues remain largely unexplored. However, ignoring these dynamics threatens to disempower and exclude socially marginalized groups in policies and...

Legal reforms and political commitments on land and on gender since the end of the Soviet Union have protected women’s rights and have included affirmative measures to support women’s ownership, and use rights to land, as well as an improved role in management of pastures. However, while the experience of...

In nine of the last 10 years, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has reported that the average funds generated on-farm for farm operators to meet living expenses and debt obligations have been negative. This paper pieces together disparate data to understand why farm operators in the most productive...

In Indian villages, women undertake multiple responsibilities that span both domestic and economic spheres. They manage the diverse needs of family members, participate in income-generating activities such as animal husbandry and agriculture, and often hold employment outside the home. Despite these significant contributions, women's roles within India’s patriarchal society are...

Women’s economic empowerment is intricately linked to their participation in the labor force, which varies significantly across rural and urban settings in India. Drawing on data from the Census of India (2011) and the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) 2019–20, this study examines the extent of economic empowerment among women...

Women are involved in many activities along the value chain of fish trade in Africa including post-harvest handling, processing, branding and marketing. However, limited access to and control of key assets such as capital, skills and technologies limit their engagement in formal fish-related businesses. Women work under critical conditions using...

In April 2021, the Kraing Leav Samaki Agricultural Cooperative loaned USD 30,000 from the ARISE-Farmers program to purchase organic rice and conventional rice from their members. With this amount, the Cooperative was able to buy 170 metric tons of organic rice (consisting of 110 tons of Romdul and 60 tons...

El objetivo general del Manual es contribuir a mejorar la inclusión de las mujeres campesinas y pequeñas productoras a los servicios de INDAP, al poner a disposición de los consultores de asesorías técnicas o profesionales y técnicos que asesoran directamente a las mujeres usuarias, herramientas metodológicas que apoyen su trabajo...

Fondé sur des études de cas couvrant 15 pays d’Afrique, d’Asie, d’Asie centrale, d’Europe et d’Amérique latine, ce rapport examine les déficits de travail décent dans les économies rurales. Il présente également les réponses apportées par les gouvernements et les syndicats concernant les conséquences de la crise de la Covid-19...