Hi,
Today is the International World Rural Women's Day.
At the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995 it was suggested that 15 October be celebrated as “World Rural Women’s Day,” on the the eve of World Food Day, in order to highlight the role played by rural women in food production and food security. The UN General Assembly in resolution 62/136 of 18 December 2007, recognizes “the critical role and contribution of rural women, including indigenous women, in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty.”
The empowerment of rural women plays a role in poverty and hunger eradication. By attempting to reverse rural-urban migration with agricultural sustainability, providing education, skills and training to the marginalized girl child and producing sustainable green alternatives in energy, Maji Mazuri's initiative in Kiserian addresses this.
In most parts of the developing world women play a critical role in the rural economy, participating in crop production and livestock care. They provide food, water and fuel for their families, and engage in off-farm activities to diversify their families’ livelihoods, often while carrying out other vital functions as well, like caring for children, older persons and the sick. This powerful video The Girl Effect, funded by the Nike Foundation, tells the story of every woman living in poverty - rural or urban, and the solution we at Maji Mazuri aspire to achieve.
By getting these women access to productive resources, technology, training and financing we can significantly impact not just a local market or national economy, but global sustainability.
Hope we can achieve it together, starting today with awareness on the UN International Day of Rural Women.
Warm regards,
Wandia
