How Empowering Women Farmers in Nepal is Improving Livelihoods Blog Post
Radha Malla, Santi Buda and Chhatakala Bishwokarma are Rural Service Providers (RSPs) in Nepal who have been using their newly-learnt knowledge and skills to improve their livelihoods and positively impact...
Using Organic to Empower Maasai Girls and Women Blog Post
Selina Nkoile is the founder of the Nashipai Maasai Project which empowers Maasai girls through education and uses permaculture to promote biodiversity and combat climate change. Selina also raises awareness...
International Day of Rural Women – Celebrating Exemplary Stories Blog Post
Women farmers play a fundamental role in ensuring food security in rural societies. Empowering women to farm organically can increase yields, provide a greater nutritional diversity of fruit and vegetables,...
International Women’s Day: How Women Farmers are Contributing to Sustainable Development Goals Blog Post
On International Women’s Day, we are celebrating the role women play in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly Goal #2 - Zero Hunger. The goal of Zero Hunger aims...
Celebrating Women in Organic Agriculture and Fair Trade Enterprises Blog Post
We are celebrating International Women’s Day on 8 March. This year’s theme is Balance for Better because balance drives a better world. We can all play a part in building...
Interview with Mariama Sonko: Raising the Voice of Women Farmers in West Africa! Blog Post
Mariama Sonko lives in Niaguiss, a village in southwestern Senegal, Africa. In 1990 she joined the movement and since then she has been supporting local knowledge and farming practices. She...
Women Farmers – Gatekeepers to Food & Nutrition Security! Blog Post
Women farmers play a fundamental role in ensuring food security, particularly in rural societies, but lack of access to training and resources often results in yields up to 30% lower than those of male farmers. Although women are responsible for about half of the world’s food production, female nutrition indicators, across all age groups, are worse than those of their male counterparts.
International Women’s Day: How Women Farmers Are Driving Change Blog Post
In this blog, Peggy Miars, the new President of IFOAM – Organics International, looks at the challenges and opportunities female farmers face – and some of the inspiring actions already being taken around the world.
Equal Opportunities Aren’t Enough! We Need Gender Equity Blog Post
This year’s theme for International Women’s Day is #EmbraceEquity, encouraging us to talk about why equal opportunities aren’t enough and how we all have a role to play in building...
How Young Gambians Are Using Training to Advance Organic in Their Communities Blog Post
Fatou F Gassama and Gibril Kujabii are organic farmers and trainers who participated in the Training of Teams of Trainers (ToToT) in the Gambia. These trainings are conducted as part...
