Renewable energy: a boon for women farmers in Cambodia
When it came time to water her rice fields, farmer Im Heng used to have to lug a diesel-powered water pump across her property in …
Strengthening the Resilience of Women and Girls to Disasters: Solomon Islands Government, Australia and UN Women launch new programme.
Honiara, Solomon Islands – A new programme to bolster women’s resilience and leadership for sustainable, secure and thriving communities in the Solomon Islands, in the face …
Women’s Resilience to Disasters Programme Launched in Vanuatu
Port Vila, Vanuatu – The importance and leadership role of women in preparing for, responding to, and recovering from disasters and the impacts of climate change, …
Climate-smart agricultural practices deliver life-changing benefits for women farmers in Tanzania
Mariam Ntungu, a woman farmer from Singida’s Ikungi district in central Tanzania, spent decades cultivating the small piece of land behind her home and had …
UN Women provides time-saving energy efficient kits to reduce domestic care work for rural women in four districts of Rwanda
Globally, women and girls shoulder a disproportionate share of care work that is unpaid, unrecognized, and undervalued. According to a recent baseline study by UN Women …
Creating safe workspaces for Women Market Vendors in Vanuatu
A safer work environment for women market vendors in Luganville and Port Vila is the result of newly installed video surveillance cameras at the two …
International Day of Rural Women 2021
The theme for the International Day of Rural Women (15 October), “Rural Women Cultivating Good Food for All”, highlights the essential role that rural women …
Local ‘Admin’ rebuilds pathways to connect coastal community
For the hundreds of families in the coastal communities of Barangay Tanza 2 in Navotas, Philippines, the always-ready Administrator, Irma Bantique Glomar, is the one …
How women in Ecuador are restoring a fragile ecosystem in the face of climate crisis
Women in Ecuador have stayed in the páramo, an ecosystem in the Andes, despite the threats that desertification, overgrazing and other human activities pose to …
Cash handouts provide lifeline to vulnerable women in Vietnam facing double impact of pandemic and flooding
In October 2020 the Quang Binh Province of central Vietnam experienced the worst floods it had seen in 41 years. The historic flood caused billions …
Indigenous women in Colombia-Ecuador border are leading community efforts to end violence against women
“My indigenous community is hardworking, and a place where women have taken leadership roles in the fight to recover ancestral land,” says Luz Angélica Tarapuez, …
Statement by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Women Executive Director, on the International Day of Rural Women
In rural Xiaruoyao, China, 45-year-old pig farmer Yan Shenglian is part of her village’s COVID-19 management team, giving temperature checks and recording vehicle information at local checkpoints …
Rural women lead solutions and solidarity in the wake of COVID-19
They are farmers, workers, entrepreneurs, teachers, and they are key to building resilient, peaceful and sustainable societies. They live in rural settings, but their contributions …
International Day of Rural Women theme: “Building rural women’s resilience in the wake of COVID-19”
This year on International Day of Rural Women (15 October), the spotlight is on the urgent need for Building rural women’s resilience in the wake of …
