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Statement of the Asian Rural Women’s Coalition for the October 15 International Rural Women’s Day 2024 Today, we commemorate the International Day of Rural Women, recognizing their essential role in agriculture, food security, and sustainable development. Rural women are the backbone of their communities, yet they continue to face formidable challenges worsened by economic downturns, conflicts, and environmental crises. In Indonesia, rural women are grappling with the effects of prolonged deflation that has persisted for... Read More

Press Release by PAN Asia Pacific PENANG, Malaysia – In the heart of Asia’s landscapes lies a tapestry of stories waiting to be heard. These are the narratives of strength, determination, and hope woven by the hands of Asian rural women. To mark International Women’s Day 2024, PAN Asia Pacific’s (PANAP) Women In Agroecology: Towards Pesticide-Free Communities campaign continues on a transformative voyage alongside these women, chronicling their daily struggles and triumphs through a series of stories.... Read More

On International Women’s Day, the Asian Rural Women’s Coalition (ARWC) stands in solidarity with all rural women in the region and across the world against the worsening global food crisis caused by neoliberal agriculture systems. The global crisis continues to escalate in 2023. As conflicts, climate change and sky-rocketing costs of food and other basic commodities wreak havoc worldwide, we brace for yet another year of unprecedented global food crisis and insecurity. In crisis-ridden Sri... Read More

On International Rural Women’s Day, the Asian Rural Women’s Coalition (ARWC) stands in solidarity with all rural women across the world in defense of land, rights, sovereignty, dignity and justice against worsening attacks of fascist, exploitative and patriarchal policies. Today, rural women and advocates come together to resist all schemes to perpetuate corporate control over agriculture and assert the call for a global food system anchored on rights to land and resources, women and community-led... Read More