INTERNATIONAL DAY OF RURAL WOMEN

Rural women are involved not only agricultural work but also those specific to their home and their community. Their empowerment is hindered by barriers of social, economic and political result of the imbalance between the sexes. Yet give women the means to act and develop their activity returns to support the community they maintain. Rural women, most of whom depend on natural resources and agriculture for their livelihoods, represent more than a quarter of the total world population. Given that 76 percent of the extremely poor live in rural areas, the importance of ensuring that rural women have access to productive agricultural resources empowers not only women, but also helps to reduce hunger and poverty in the world . The first International Day of Rural Women was observed on October 15, 2008. This new international day was decided by the General Assembly resolution [A / RES / 62/136] of 18 December 2007. The Assembly recognized by there the \"decisive role and contribution of rural women, including indigenous people, in promoting agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating poverty in rural areas.\" Women and girls account for over half of the world population, and they are first line- often more heavily affected than men and boys by poverty, climate change, food insecurity, lack of care health and global economic crises. Their contributions and leadership are essential to find a solution. With the approval of the new global roadmap for 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by Member States of the United Nations September 25, 2015, we examine the impact of each of the 17 proposed SDGs on women and how women and girls can play - and play - a key role in achieving each of these objectives. In this big editorially, we present data, reports, videos and publications to illustrate the impact of each ODD on women and girls, and some of the initiatives undertaken by UN Women to achieve each objective, including our programs, intergovernmental work and our advocacy for policy change. Rural women are the pillar on which the agricultural labor force in many developing countries. Many rural women continue to face obstacles that undermine their chances of success, such as lack of public and social infrastructure, unequal access to credit, technical equipment and other resources, such as land and water. The gender inequalities have indeed a cost not only for rural women but also for the agricultural sector and, more broadly, for the economy and society. In the world, rural women are the key to food security: they are an important part of farmers and play a crucial role in feeding their families and their nations. \" On the economic and environmental plans - women represent 43% of the rural population and 70% of family agricultural labor force in all countries of Central Africa; - Rural women play a key role in the production, food security and food sovereignty and nutrition; - Rural women heavily involved in environmental conservation and bio diversity through the transmission to offspring of endogenous good agricultural practices and through the conservation of local crop varieties.