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Mamblog Default Category Popularise and recognise World Rural Women's Day - 15 October 2011
Mamblog Default Category Popularise and recognise World Rural Women's Day - 15 October 2011 | Popularise and recognise World Rural Women's Day - 15 October 2011 |
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Background: 15th October each year is the International Day of the Rural Women. It is an event organised in recognition and support of the multiple roles of rural women. The idea of Rural Women’s Day began at Fourth UN Conference on Women held in Beijing in September 1995. The following organizations proposed the recognition of the Rural Women’s Day: The International Federation OF Agricultural Producers, Associated Country Women of the World, Network of African Rural Women Associations, and, the Women’s World Summit Foundation. Rural women make more than a quarter of the world population, they contribute to the well being of their families and development of rural economies. They play a key role in food production and food security. Why Rural Women? Rural women live in rural, remote areas and have to manage amidst profound isolation, many times lack of education and language barriers because they only understand their mother tongue. They are subjected to heavy workload due to lack of basic needs like clean water and sanitation, cheap and clean cooking fuels as they depend on fire wood, availability of child care support, protection against domestic and societal violence. Entrenched gender roles make rural women vulnerable especially in regard to ownership of land or property, inheritance rights, access to credit, technology and markets. In the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), Article 14: Government will ensure that the particular needs of Rural women are met in relation to access to services , training and employment opportunities and social equity schemes, and act to eliminate discrimination against them. To what extent is the government implementing this article? National Association of Women Organisations in Uganda (NAWOU) has over the years recognized the day under various international and national themes in order to draw attention to the plight of rural women, as in the table below :- 15th October Events Year Theme 1998 Human Rights for All Rural Women 2000 Celebrating Bi-diversity Rural Women’s Role in Promoting Democracy and Good Governance in Uganda 2002 Break the Silence : Sop Violence Against Women 2006 International theme- Claim your Fundamental, inalienable right to adequate housing, Uganda Theme Fight All Forms of Poverty 2007 The Right to Food: Rural Women Produce and Provide 2008 Climate Change: Rural Women are part of the Solution 2009 Rural Women at the Heart of Innovation 2010 Was a year to launch the Africa Women’s Decade in Nairobi on the theme Grass root Approach to Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment. 2011 Claim Your Right to Land and Inheritance (NAWOU plans a discussion on the 2012 CSW theme - Empowerment of Rural Women and their Role in Poverty and Hunger Eradication, Development and Current Challenges). This year, a new district Kiryandongo has invited NAWOU to hold celebrations at Bweyale Primary School in Bweyale Town Council. The program is being worked on by the district. NAWOU invites your support and participation! For more information, contact: Peace T. Kyamureku Secretary General NAWOU Email:
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