International Day of Rural Women 2026

In 2007, the UN General Assembly established October 15 as the International Day of Rural Women to recognize their enormous contribution in rural areas and to advance the path of gender equality in the countryside.

Rural women represent a quarter of the world's population, and their work ensures half of the planet's food supply, making them fundamental to improving food security and combating poverty. Indeed, the UN estimates that if they had the same access to productive resources as men, "agricultural yields could increase by 20 to 30 percent, feeding between 100 and 150 million people."

Furthermore, women are frequently at the forefront of the fight against climate change, implementing sustainable agricultural practices, developing resilience strategies in their communities, and generating reforestation and restoration initiatives. However, they are also the ones most affected by the effects of environmental degradation.

Climate change deepens gender inequality due to the increased burden of caregiving on women.

Pablo Vommaro , Executive Director of CLACSO

"We need to put the care of life at the center"

Katherina Cabrera , peasant leader of the National Confederation of Rural Women (CONAMUCA) in the Dominican Republic

Care from rural contexts – InfoCLACSO of December 14, 2023

Dialogues between feminist economics, agroecology and food sovereignty

The open lecture "Latin American Network: Women Transforming the Economy" shared the experience of the Latin American Network of Women Transforming (REMTE) and its dynamic of thought-movement, generating interpretations, proposals, debates and actions around the economy from a transformative feminist perspective.