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International Day of Rural Women
15 October 2016
International Day of Rural Women
Rural women, the majority of whom depend on natural resources and agriculture for their livelihoods, make up over a quarter of the total world population.
As 76% of the extreme poor live in rural areas, ensuring rural women’s access to productive agricultural resources contributes to decreasing world hunger and poverty, and make rural women critical for the success of the new Sustainable Development agenda for 2030.