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 ...