This fact sheet [1] highlights the progress of rural women against key Millennium Development Goal (MDG) indicators, pointing to some of the advancements made and gaps that still exist.

Efforts to achieving the Millennium Development Goals will not be credible without the full and equal participation of rural women in decision-making. Enhancing rural women´s leadership and ...

Despite their critical roles in farming, processing, and post-harvest activities, rural women face entrenched inequalities in wages, opportunities, and recognition. As Shahnaz Begum, a farmer from ...

The government hastily shelved a program to provide a cash incentive to single women to relocate to rural areas upon marriage following a storm of criticism. Hanako Jimi, state minister for ...

Bihoro in Hokkaido, for example, offers a “relocation marriage” program for single women aged 20 to 50 who want to move from urban to rural areas. It helps them get married and relocate by ...