International Day of Rural Women - October 15
| UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Message on the International Day of Rural Women 2011 UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet’s Message on the International Day of Rural Women 2011 |
The International Day of Rural Women directs attention to both the contribution that women make in rural areas, and the many challenges that they face. This international day, established by the General Assembly in its resolution 62/136 of 18 December 2007, recognizes “the critical role and contribution of rural women, including indigenous women, in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty.” In 2007, at the tenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, Member States of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, expressed in the Quito Consensus their decision to promote the adoption of an International Day of Rural Women “as an explicit recognition of [rural women’s] economic contribution and the development of their communities, in particular with regard to the unpaid work they perform.”
The idea of honouring rural women with a special day was put forward by international NGOs at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995. It was suggested that 15 October be celebrated as “World Rural Women’s Day,” on the eve of World Food Day, in order to highlight the role played by rural women in food production and food security.
“World Rural Women’s Day” has been celebrated, primarily by civil society, across the world for over a decade. The first International Day of Rural Women was observed in New York on 15 October 2008.
Previous years' observances:
- International Day of Rural Women 2010:
- Secretary-General’s message ( A | C | E | F | R | S )
- Investing in rural women contributes to food security - International Day of Rural Women 2009:
- Secretary-General's message
- Cultivating better lives: rural women and world food security - International Day of Rural Women 2008:
- Secretary-General's message
- Events at UN Headquarters
- The contribution of rural women
- Access to education and health
- Poverty
- Global challenges
- International framework
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