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Women Rise Up

Rural women produce more than half of the world’s food as seed savers and land tillers, community leaders and family managers. Yet they remain marginalised.

A woman farmer tending an agroecological plot

Women are leading the transition away from chemical-intensive, corporate agriculture towards agroecology—a farmer-centred holistic approach to farming that upholds the principles of food sovereignty. These stories provide evidence of the successes of agroecology in upholding the rights and welfare of rural women, as well as in contributing to community resilience.

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Our Programmes

Rural women at a social protection and labour rights workshop

Social Protection and Labour Rights for Rural Women in Food and Agricultural Production

Recognising the critical role of social protection in advancing food sovereignty, agroecology, nutrition, agriculture, poverty eradication and rural development, for women’s resilience and empowerment.

Participants at the Irene Fernandez leadership training

The Irene Fernandez Leadership Training on Rural Women

Dedicated to renowned social activist Irene Fernandez, this training programme in leadership building is an important process towards empowerment and assertion of women’s rights to land and resources.

Publications

Women in Agroecology: Stories from the Field

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