Rural women are active agents of economic and social change and environmental protection who are, in many ways and to various degrees, constrained in their roles as farmers, producers, investors, ...

I volunteered with the Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children (FIMRC) during the summer of 2020 and was asked to create educational health campaigns for Barangay health workers (BHWs) ...

ILOILO CITY (PIA) — The Department of Agriculture Western Visayas (DA-WV) recognized the outstanding rural women in the region through its 2024 Gawad Parangal sa Katangi-tanging Kababaihan sa ...

In the uplands where mornings break slowly over gardens, fields, and riverbanks, food is rarely just food. It is seed, ...

In Mabini, Davao de Oro Province, indigenous peoples (IPs) used to manually produce only a few hundred kilograms of abaca fiber, which is used for making ropes, twines, fishing lines, and other marine ...

The first International Day of Rural Women was observed on 15 October 2008. This new international day, established by the General Assembly in its resolution 62/136 of 18 December 2007, recognizes ...

BALINTANG, Philippines, June 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - D espite the ravages of storms, seaweed farming is transforming the lives of Filipino families in traditionally male-dominated fishing ...

MANILA, Philippines — In honor of women’s achievements and the ongoing pursuit of gender equality across all sectors, government leaders in banking and finance are driving initiatives to foster ...

I have been teaching a course on rural criminology since 2014, and most of my students are surprised by the information on violence against women presented to them. Due to the lack of media attention ...