RURAL WOMEN SPEAK OUT
October 15th has been marked as the World Rural Women’s Day. This was launched in 1995 at the Fourth World Conference of Women in Beijing.
The Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) salutes the women from the...
THE WOMEN FROM THE VIKALPANI WOMEN’S FEDERATION IN SRI LANKA SPEAK OUT!
They observed the Rural Women’s Day on 15 October 2006 together with the Organic Network in Monaragala, a rural area 254 kilometres away from Colombo). An awareness raising seminar and protest rally gathered 300 people, of whom...
OCTOBER 15 WORLD RURAL WOMEN'S DAY – BUT WHO'S CELEBRATING?
October 11, 2006 / Chiang Mai, Thailand
In 1995, during the 4th World Conference of Women in Beijing, the World Rural Women's Day was launched. Since then, October 15 is celebrated as World Rural Women's Day.
A decade after, who is celebrating?
Not the wives,...
STATEMENT ON THE OCCASION OF WORLD RURAL WOMEN’S DAY AND WORLD “FOODLESS” DAY
References: Vernie Yocogan-Diano, Mila Lingbawan Singson
Innabuyog
Virgie Dammay
APIT TAKO
On the occasion of World Rural Women’s Day and World Food Day, peasants, indigenous peoples and food producers in the Cordillera...