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The International Day of Rural Women is marked on October 15 every year to recognize the crucial role that rural women, including Indigenous women, play in <\/span>enhancing<\/span> agricultural and rural development, improving food security, and eradicating rural poverty. [1]<\/span><\/p>

On average<\/span>, women make up more than 40 percent of the agricultural workforce in developing countries, ranging from 20 percent in Latin America to 50 percent or more in parts of Africa and Asia. Yet, they face significant discrimination when it comes to land and livestock ownership, equal pay, participation in decision-making entities, and access to resources, credit, and the market for their farms to thrive. [2]<\/span><\/p>

The importance of the role of rural women<\/span><\/h2>

Gender equality and the empowerment of rural women are inextricably linked to the strengthening of food systems to fight hunger and malnutrition, and to real gains for the population and rural lives and livelihoods at large.<\/span><\/p>

Rural women are a significant, vital, and remarkable proportion of humankind. As farmers, farm workers, horticulturists, market sellers, businesswomen, entrepreneurs, and community leaders, they make up over a quarter of the world’s population.<\/span><\/p>

There is a wide range of evidence that as much as half of the reduction in hunger recorded between 1970 and 1995 is due to improvements in women’s societal status. Progress in women’s access to education alone has improved food security by 43 percent- as significant as the gains from increased food availability (26 percent) and health advances (19 percent) combined.
<\/span>It has been observed that women spend a larger share of the additional income that they may have than men on food, health, clothing, and education for their children.<\/span><\/p>

Thus, Enabling and empowering rural women translates into improved overall well-being for children, families, and communities. This, in turn, contributes to the building of human capital for future generations and to long-term social and economic growth. <\/span>As a result, the empowerment of rural women and girls is not only critical for agricultural development, it is crucial to social and economic progress and sustainable development in general. [3]<\/span><\/p>

Problems facing Rural Women<\/span><\/h2>

The main problem facing women in general, and rural women in particular, is inequality with men. <\/span>Women farmers may be as productive and enterprising as their male counterparts, but they have less access to land, credit, agricultural inputs, markets, and high-value agrifood chains. In addition, they obtain lower prices for their crops.<\/span><\/p>

Women and girls in rural areas lack equal access to productive resources and assets, public services such as education, health care, and infrastructure (including safe water and sanitation services), while much of their labour remains invisible and unpaid, even as their workloads become increasingly heavy due to the out-migration of men.<\/span><\/p>

At the global level, with few exceptions, every gender and development indicator for which data are available reveals that rural women suffer more than men in rural areas. As well as experiencing poverty, exclusion, and the impact of the effects of climate change. [2]<\/span><\/p>

By many customs, women are the last to eat. At least, within the home, where they are also responsible for the largest share of caregiving and unpaid domestic work. [4] <\/span>In addition to early marriage, and the objectification of women without considering them as human beings with full rights and full capacity to make decisions.<\/span><\/p>

Solutions<\/span><\/h2>