En el Día Internacional de la Mujer Cinep/PPP se aproxima a sus luchas a través de las mujeres rurales colombianas. Sus trayectorias son muestra del limitado rol cultural que se les ha asignado a las mujeres y ejemplifican el tesón y la persistencia que se requiere para sobrepasar los obstáculos...

This video case study explores the challenges that women involved in fisheries activities face on a day to day basis in Tanzania: What successes have they achieved? how can their participation in fisheries be strategically improved? It also explains the strategies in place at local and national levels to counter...

En el día internacional de la mujer, CINEP da a conocer este material audivisual, resaltando la forma de vida de Fanny Guancha, mujer rural del departamento de Nariño.

Around 90 women farmers and representatives of rural women from 14 countries in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific regions came up with a declaration at the end of the three-day Asia-Pacific Women Farmers Forum (APWFF) held in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India on 4-6 October 2017. Aimed to make appreciation for...

This research focuses on the public works component of Rwanda’s Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme (VUP) – the Government of Rwanda’s flagship programme for poverty reduction providing countrywide social protection. The research was based on a mixed method approach comprising in-depth qualitative methods and quantitative surveys conducted in Rwanda during the...

It’s 5 o’clock and the alarm goes off. She has breakfast and, with the radio in the background, she gets dressed for work. Milking starts at 6, but before that she needs to take the cows to the milking parlour. They aren’t many, but with the old facilities they find...

he video explores the role and place of women along fisheries value chain: The significance and values their involvement in fisheries brings to the communities and fisheries development. Why are they involved in fisheries? how are they organized for space in decision-making and policy processes? The focus of this study...

Several governments in the region have implemented a set of interventions aimed at complementing large-scale cash transfer programmes. This has led to significant progress in the provision of protection to vulnerable women and strengthening their economic autonomy. In Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, cash transfer programmes have been complemented by other...

Este Informe País aporta datos fundamentales para tener en cuenta en cualquier tipo de discusión, proyecto o iniciativa que implique a las mujeres rurales de México, a la vez que propone recomendaciones puntuales para la garantía de sus derechos. Los Informes País sobre la situación de las mujeres rurales son una...

Esta herramienta de comunicación e incidencia es el resultado de estrategias implementadas por grupos de mujeres que trabajan por la garantía de sus derechos, el reconocimiento de sus identidades y la participación en los espacios de toma de decisiones que afectan a las mujeres rurales en Latinoamérica. Con esta herramienta se...

Wherever you go, whatever you produce, whatever you believe in, Women of the mountains are determined to lead their societies for survival.

Mujeres que enfrentaron los efectos de la industrialización del cacao en Bolivia y mujeres que sembraron palmas en los territorios recuperados por la paz en Colombia, son las dos historias que ganaron el concurso de relatos y fotografías organizado por la FAO para dar a conocer las experiencias de vida...

Many African countries rely on sporadic land transfers from customary to statutory domains to attract investment and improve agricultural performance. Data from 15,000 smallholders and 800 estates in Malawi allow exploring the long-term effects of such a strategy. The results suggest that (i) most estates are less productive than smallholders;...

The livestock subsector has contributed little to the remarkable economic growth recorded in Ethiopia in the last decade. In an effort to stimulate livestock production, the Ethiopian government has recently recognized livestock as an important strategic subsector in which to invest. Unlike most studies that focus purely on aspects of...

Conheça a história de Bruna Dariva, de Erechim, no Rio Grande do Sul, embaixadora da Região Sul da campanha # Mulheres rurais, mulheres com direitos. Ela atua na fabricação de queijos e defende que é possível as mulheres assumirem a liderança da agroindústia, sem deixar de lado a produção de orgânicos. Se...

Foi com versos sobre frutos da nossa terra, da poetisa Tita de Lima e Silva, que a Secretaria Especial de Agricultura Familiar e Desenvolvimento Agrário (SEAD) lançou, na manhã desta quinta-feira (23), em Brasília, a campanha #MulheresRurais, mulheres com direitos. Promovida pela Reunião Especializada em Agricultura Familiar no Mercosul (REAF)...

Elas são agricultoras, geradoras de renda, de conhecimento, agentes ambientais, pacificadoras do campo, provedoras do lar. Os papeis das mulheres rurais são tão numerosos quanto suas lutas e vitórias. O que não faltam são histórias de vida inspiradoras. Por isso, nesta edição de #MulheresRurais, mulheres com direitos, cinco delas foram escolhidas...

Desde hace 25 años, Blanquita reside en la provincia de Carchi junto a su esposo Héctor. Ellos se dedican a la agricultura, cultivan legumbres, verduras, frutas y otros productos dependiendo de la época de producción. Esta pareja de agricultores, está vinculada al Programa Nacional de Intervención en la Alimentación Escolar...

The Institute for Motivating Self-Employment (IMSE), a farmers’ organization in West Bengal, is carrying out two major campaigns in support of farmers to enable them to keep the land they till and to use sustainable agriculture practices to make small-scale farming viable while protecting the environment. Village-level awareness camps were...

Viva Maria hoje começa com aspas: “Trabalhar é uma coisa, ser homenageada é outra. Hoje, estou sentindo que nós mulheres, trabalhadoras rurais estamos sendo celebridade. Agradeço muito!” Essas foram as palavras da embaixadora do Norte, Maria Julia Serrim, uma das trabalhadoras homenageadas durante a cerimônia de lançamento da Campanha # Mulheres rurais,...