📍 Rural women and women family farmers are the protagonists of our food system but still face structural barriers.
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, the Rural Women in Action Network launches the campaign “Rural Women in Action: Building a Sustainable Future,” aiming to highlight their key role in transforming food systems, environmental sustainability, and rural development.
Rural women represent almost half of the labor force in agriculture, yet they face limitations in access to land, financing, and decision-making participation. The campaign emphasizes the need for inclusive public policies to ensure their economic autonomy and equity in family farming.
Key messages:
🌾 Land and resources for rural women
💰 Valuing the work of women family farmers
📢 Greater participation in decision-making
🚜 Access to technology and co-innovation for them
🌎 Equity in climate action
📢 It’s time to act
✅ Share this campaign and amplify the voice of rural women and family farmers.
✅ Promote equity policies in family farming.
✅ Support initiatives for access to land and financing for women farmers.
✅ Promote their leadership in decision-making.
💜 Because without rural women, there is no sustainable future. #8M #RuralWomenInAction #BuildingASustainableFuture
RURAL WOMEN IN ACTION NETWORK
Since 2019, the WRF has collaborated with its members and allies to develop Pillar 3, “Promote gender equity in family farming and the leadership role of rural women” of the UNDFF Global Action Plan through a participatory process.
These efforts include events such as participation in La Marcha das Margaridas (Brazil) since 2019 and the establishment of the Rural Women in Action Network, which is comprised of women leaders from regional and national family farming organizations coming together to share experiences, advances, and strategies in the struggle for women’s rights across all continents. The WRF has also developed a training program aimed at amplifying the skills and leadership capacities of women family farmers in the design of public policies with a gender approach. These crucial activities have provided platforms for sharing experiences and strategies in the strive for rural women’s rights worldwide.
In 2024, the Rural Women in Action Network presented the Final Declaration of the International Meeting of Rural Women, held in Brazil, in the framework of La Marcha das Margaridas 2023, aiming to consolidate networking, alliances and collaboration. ensuring that the views of rural women are included in the different decision-making forums that address the challenges affecting family farming, food systems transformation, the reduction of inequalities and the sustainability of the planet.
