Rural women's network

 

Organizations that focus either on women
or rural development

United Nations Secretary-General’s Campaign to End Violence Against Women
http://www.un.org/en/women/endviolence/
United Nations Development Fund for Women
http://www.unifem.org/

UN’s webpage for development of women
http://www.un.org/en/development/progareas/women.shtml
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
http://www.fao.org/economic/esw/esw-home/esw-gender-development/en/

Women watch – United Nations Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality http://www.un.org/womenwatch/
Amnesty International
www.amnesty.org
http://www.amnesty.org/en/campaigns/stop-violence-against-women
Asian Rural Women’s coalition
http://www.asianruralwomen.net/
IFAD – Enabling poor rural people to overcome poverty
http://www.ifad.org/
List of African Women Organizations
http://www.wougnet.org/Links/africa_int.html

United Nations Development Programme - Women's Empowerment
http://www.undp.org/women/publications.shtml

The RSS is a professional social science association that promotes the generation, application and dissemination of sociological knowledge. The Society seeks to enhance the quality of rural life, communities and the environment. This website is intended to serve all those interested in rural people and places.
http://www.ruralsociology.org/
Rural Women’s Studies Association
http://www.uncp.edu/rwsa/
World Bank’s page for Agriculture and Rural Development
www.worldbank.org/rural

Rural women making change (Canada)
http://www.rwmc.uoguelph.ca/

http://www.rural-womens-day.org/

World Congress of Rural Women India 2010
India, 2010

The World Rural Women’s Congress series began with the first International Conference in Melbourne in 1994. This event recognised the vital role played by rural women in rural communities, primary industries and farm families. It was an opportunity for women to learn, network and support each other. It was also a celebration of the tireless, unsung and largely unpaid work of rural women which underpins communities today.