International Day Of Rural Women
“Rural women have a triple workday and yet they are invisible.”- Emma Ortega. Historically, women have always faced discrimination. The challenges of rural women are even more intense given that discriminatory laws and cultural practices are more embedded in rural areas. The advocacy concerning women’s rights and gender equality oftentimes eludes rural women and this is problematic. In many societies rural women are frequently deemed as invisible due to the system of patriarchy that renders them voiceless and powerless. As a result the issues of rural women are not given a sense of urgency. Notwithstanding this stark reality, rural women account for about 22% of the global population. They play an important role in the health and wellbeing of their communities. Rural women can face challenges like higher rates of poverty (as both extreme and multidimensional poverty are higher in rural areas globally), as well as unequal access to education, health and other social services, and empl