October 15 marks International Day for Rural Women
October 15th was declared the International Day for Rural Women by the Women's Committee of the International Federation of Agricultural Producers held in Beijing in September 1995 during the World Conference on Women, under the UN umbrella.
The General Assembly of the United Nations established the International Day of Rural Women in order to officially recognize "the critical role and contribution of rural women, including indigenous women, in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty."
Worldwide, in both developing and more developed countries, women in rural areas play a vital role in their families, agricultural activities, and, by extension, their local economies. Totally, 1,6 billion rural women are engaged in agricultural work. Women give most of agricultural products.
It is due to mention that only 2% of cultivated lands belong to women. Two-thirds of the illiterate people in the world are women
