Rural women
Most of the people in the world live in rural villages, and most are unwaged. The world would not survive without the hard work of rural women who are most deprived of technology but are most at risk from pollution. We help feed not only our own communities but the people in the cities – for example, in Africa women grow 80% of the food consumed there. Yet we are the poorest, our needs are the most neglected and our struggle the most hidden. Rural Indigenous women, who have been central to the massive movement of Indigenous people on every continent, have been demanding financial recognition for caring, agricultural and cultural work.
Chhattisgarh Women's Organisation, India
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