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) ...

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, ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

A Catholic missionary group in the Philippines marked its 50th anniversary this week by renewing its commitment to serving the poor in rural areas. The Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP), a ...

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 ...