Read more » Agricultural and rural non-farm employment play a critical role in rural development, food security, poverty reduction and rural women's economic empowerment. Rural women and men ...

This is because of poor rural infrastructure and services as well as culturally assigned roles that severely limit women's participation in employment opportunities (see also Goals 3 and 7).

Verdon directly addresses this gap in the historiography, placing the rural female labourer centre stage for the first time. The involvement of women in the rural labour market as farm servants, as ...

Kriti Kumari, 19, is one of 31 women at the Sapna Center, which trains rural women from marginalised ... services and manage ...

"Young, rural men migrate to urban centres more than women," says Mr Stloukal. "The feminisation is partly related to the increased availability of off-farm, more lucrative jobs for men in the ...

A ground-breaking programme is addressing gender-based violence in South Africa’s rural communities and empowering young men ...