If women do 60-80% of the work in agriculture, what would the men be doing, especially given that in rural Africa agriculture is still the primary economic activity for most men? Second, good data on ...

Women are the backbone of agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa, making up 66 per cent of the workforce in agrifood systems. They till the land, plant the seeds, harvest the crops, and bring food to ...

On International Women’s Day, it is crucial to acknowledge the vital contributions of African women in agribusiness. As highlighted by ...

BACKGROUNDThis paper provides estimates of the contributions of increased women’s education and reduced infant and child mortality to fertility declines in urban and rural areas of countries in ...

"If African women rise, wildlife will thrive," Here is how these four women are shaping the future of sustainable travel in ...

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Indigenous women have been at the forefront of environmental conservation by bringing invaluable ancestral knowledge and practices, and rural women have been leading global and national climate ...

Women have fared worse during COVID than men as the rural‑urban divide deepens and income falls across sub-Saharan Africa In sub-Saharan Africa, the gender inequities of the COVID-19 pandemic follow ...