Rural Women: Guardians of Nature and Biodiversity

Rural women, through their roles in food production, biodiversity conservation, water resource management, and the restoration of degraded lands, play an important part in combating poverty, hunger, and climate change; however, they continue to face inequality in access to resources and economic opportunities.

By playing a role in food production, protecting biodiversity, managing water resources and rehabilitating degraded lands, rural women have an important contribution to combating poverty, hunger and climate change, however, they still face inequality in access to resources and economic opportunities.