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Addis Ababa -- Investing in education, technology and development of inclusive systems is critical for empowering rural women, Minister of Women and Social Affairs Ergogie Tesfaye said. Commemoration of International [...]

Byline: Thandiwe Garusa RIGHTS groups have called upon the government to address climate change impacts on rural women emphasising their critical role in building climate resilience through sustainable land and [...]

Byline: Kamal Ibrahim As women around the world prepare to commemorate the 2024 Rural Women's Day, the Bauchi government has reiterated its commitment to exploring rural women's potential to achieve [...]

Byline: Jamesetta D. Williams Under the auspices of the Foundation for Empowerment of Rural Dwellers (FERD), rural women in Todee District are exerting efforts aimed at ensuring that their rights [...]

Minister of Social Solidarity Maya Morsi met Thursday 29/8/2024 with FAO Regional Representative for the Near East and North Africa AbdulHakim Elwaer to discuss joint projects, especially that on improved [...]

Byline: Peter Uzoho The Women in Energy Network (WIEN) and Smart Gas Limited have entered into a partnership for distribution of 100,000 Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders annually over the [...]

ZVIMBA, Zimbabwe -- Ndakaitei Matare, a mother of one, chairs Ward 38 Disability Support Group in Zvimba, central northern Zimbabwe. After acquiring a physical disability at the age of six, [...]

The African Development Bank (ADB) Group Board of Directors has approved a grant of $17 million to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania to implement the (https://mapafrica.afdb.org/en/projects/46002-P-MR-AA0-012) Project for Promotion of [...]

Byline: Abubakar Sadiq Isah A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Children's Impact And Development Initiative (CIADI), has sensitised girls and women of Kango community in Kuje Area Council of the FCT on [...]

Byline: Taiwo Adebulu Many health centres in rural Nigerian communities lack adequate personnel and equipment. When medical personnel in Africa's most populous country flee overseas, there is a big problem. [...]

Byline: Elijah Samson Federal government has partnered with the United Nations (UN) Women to empower rural women through a N300 million biogas project. The minister of women affairs, Barr. Uju [...]

In the predominantly women-owned agricultural lands of Serenje District in Zambia's Central Province, home of the Lala people, a lesser-known form of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) has been unfolding for several [...]

Byline: Liezl Human 'Small household gardens are not enough for women to be able to escape food insecurity' says activist On Saturday rural residents, small-scale farmers, and farm workers came [...]

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, H.E. Dr Mamadou Tangara yesterday signed the first component of the US$1.9 million grant Garden Project with the United Nations [...]

Byline: Thomas Domah And Jonathan Browne Nimba County -- Over 5,000 rural women from Electoral District#4 in Nimba County have threatened to leave Senator Prince Johnson's Movement for Democracy and [...]

Byline: Nontobeko Mlambo Johannesburg -- From the(https://allafrica.com/stories/202303140205.html) Tigray conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia to the ongoing SomaliaÃá(https://allafrica.com/stories/202303220105.html) Al-Shabaab crisis, to civil wars in South Sudan and the military (https://allafrica.com/stories/202302210035.html) coup [...]

Byline: Nontobeko Mlambo Johannesburg -- From the(https://allafrica.com/stories/202303140205.html) Tigray conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia to the ongoing SomaliaÃá(https://allafrica.com/stories/202303220105.html) Al-Shabaab crisis, to civil wars in South Sudan and the military (https://allafrica.com/stories/202302210035.html) coup [...]

Byline: Patrick Nzabonimpa In the rural areas of developing countries like Rwanda, women often face unique challenges that hinder their economic and social empowerment. However, technology has emerged as a [...]

Byline: Nicoline De Haan Nairobi, Kenya -- Dr. Nicoline de Haan is Director of the CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform While 100 million people worldwide are using the AI chatbot ChatGPT [...]

Byline: Selma Lomax Buchanan -- For the third time, ForumCiv Liberia hosted the Rural Women Land Rights Conference. The conference resulted in commitments from participating organizations and some of the [...]

Byline: Ama Tekyiwaa Ampadu Agyeman Asuboi -- Rural women in farming, food processing, post-harvest fish processing and advocacy in the country have expressed worry over the recent hike in premix [...]

Hundreds of rural women, on Wednesday, October 5, held an acquaintance meeting and interactions with the Standard Bearer of the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) Mr. Alexander B. Cummings in Forzonh [...]

Byline: Phionah Ingabire Mukono Uwimana needs at least Rwf33,000 (about $30) per year to afford sanitary pads for her and her daughters. She can't afford this, so the only option [...]

Byline: Baher Kamal Madrid -- Make no mistake. Violence against women has been perpetuated, specially when it comes to those who have already been deprived of their basic human rights, [...]

Zanzibar -- THE visiting United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, Ms Sima Sami Bahous has lauded Tanzania Horticultural Association (TAHA) for initiatives to develop the economic potential [...]

Byline: Washington Tumay Watson The Established Coordinator of Angie Brooks International Center, Cllr. Yvette Chesson-Wureh has urged rural women and the youth of Liberia to uphold the peace of the [...]

Byline: Jonathan Browne By Thomas Domah/ Nimba County Nimba County District#4 Representative Gonpu Kargon has donated five Million Liberians dollars to over five thousand rural women in three electoral districts [...]

Byline: J. H. Webster Clayeh Monrovia -- The National Rural Women, Montserrado County Chapter has celebrated the 2022 International Women's Day with a call for the empowerment of rural women [...]

Byline: Nicoline De Haan Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Rural women are at particular risk as climate [...]

Byline: Simeon Wiakanty Women and girls, especially those in rural communities, continue to face the brunt of climate change that worsens pre-existing inequalities, and jeopardizes their food security and feeds [...]

Byline: Grace Mahora Features Writer Throughout March, otherwise known as the women's month, we celebrate the contributions of women in our nation, Zimbabwe. While it is important to celebrate women's [...]

Rural women cultivating good food for all Across the world, food systems depend on the daily work of rural women. They play a variety of essential roles, from raising crops [...]

Byline: Anna Majavu In the third of a four-part series on grassroots activism against gender-based violence we meet an economist with a firm focus on developing opportunities for those the [...]

Byline: Olu Jacobs Minna -- Nigerians are notorious for not paying back loans, and women for being unable to unite - even in their own best interests. The rural woman [...]

Byline: Charity Moonga Zambia last joined the global community in commemorating the International Rural Women's Day. This was meant to appreciate the role of the rural women in eradicating poverty [...]

Byline: Features It is said when you empower women, you empower the whole community. Our second year of the global pandemic has made it more challenging for rural women to [...]

Tunis/Tunisia -- The Ministry of Family, Women, Children and the Elderly reaffirmed utmost commitment to continue to support and defend the rights of rural women and girls and to further [...]

Byline: Ivan Zhakata and Kudzaishe Muhamba Zimbabwe has joined the world in celebrating the International Day of Rural Women which is celebrated annually on October 15 to highlight the essential [...]

Malanje -- Angola's First Lady Ana Dias Lourenco Monday stressed the permanent professional and academic training for rural women aimed to empower them and enhance their social affirmation. In her [...]

Byline: Lydia Wamala Large mineral deposits in Sierra Leone have often caused tensions between farming communities and miners, especially in the rural south. But a group of women have become [...]

Byline: Clemans Miyanicwe WOMEN from various walks of life recently gathered at the Rural Women's Assembly at Braunfels at Khorixas to discuss their hardships and to promote rural women's empowerment. [...]

Tunis/Tunisia -- An exhibition of products crafted by rural women from various regions of the country was inaugurated on Friday evening at the Ennejma Ezzahra Palace in Sidi Bou Said, [...]

Byline: Abiodun Olusola Omotayo, Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu, Peter Tshepiso Ndhlovu and Wilfred Otang-Mbeng People have been using plants in skincare for thousands of years, for cleansing, (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/9027603_Plants_Used_in_Cosmetics) perfuming, (https://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-20697/8-homegrown-plants-for-naturally-glowing-skin.html) beautifying [...]

Byline: Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau The Government and its development partners should implement more programmes to boost the capacity of rural women and reduce the gap with their urban counterparts. [...]

Byline: Festus Ahon Asaba -- The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, Tuesday, flagged off the Federal Government's cash grant for rural women project [...]

Byline: Lawal Sherifat The Federal Government has begun the distribution of Cash Grants for Rural Women in Enugu State with the target of 3,000 women across the state. Hajiya Sadiya [...]

Byline: Lawal Sherifat The Federal Government on Sunday began the disbursement of the Rural Women Cash Grant Programme to elderly and indigent women in Anambra. Hajiya Sadiya-Umar Farouk, Minister of [...]

The Federal Government is targeting over 160,000 poor and vulnerable rural women, to benefit from the N20,000 cash grant, across the country to cushion the effects of COVID-19 pandemic. The [...]

Byline: Francis Sardauna Miffed by the spate of poverty bedevilling rural women in the country, the federal government has flagged off a special cash grant of N20,000 for 6,800 vulnerable [...]

Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF), yesterday empowered a total of 16,000 women in the 16 local government areas of Kwara State. Each of the women was given N10,000 each, to help [...]