Celebrate rural women’s essential role in building climate resilience, conserving biodiversity, and caring for the land.
The International Day of Rural Women recognizes the critical roles and contributions of rural women , including Indigenous women, in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and nutrition, and eradicating rural poverty . These are vital for protecting and securing our common future. The 2024 International Day of Rural Women invites all stakeholders to celebrate rural women’s essential role in building climate resilience, conserving biodiversity, and caring for the land . Members of SCOCCOMAD, Cameroon, pose for a group photo near a section of their cassava crop in December 2018. There is much to protect against and to restore. Climate change, biodiversity loss, and land degradation have had significant impacts on the rights, resilience, and resources of rural women and girls. UN Women’s latest research estimates that globally, under a worst-case scenario, climate change may push up to 158 million more women and girls into poverty and 236 million more...