Rural
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Livestock
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Farming
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Economic Benefit
Rearing small livestock like poultry, goats, and sheep has the potential to deliver economic benefits to women, Adivasi communities, and other marginalised groups. Here’s how different stakeholders can build the ecosystem.
Women
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Women’s Land Rights
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Women’s Land Ownership
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Widows
A day in the life of a paralegal worker in Gujarat who builds awareness about the importance of women’s land rights and supports widows in claiming land ownership.
Women
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Women Farmers
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Gender Roles
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Gender Inequality
New equipment or machinery is majorly entrusted to male farmers, reducing both opportunities and confidence for female workers.
Environment
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Climate Resilience
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Climate Justice
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Gender Vulnerability
Ensuring climate solutions work for both women & men farmers should be high priority at Bonn Climate Change Conference
Women
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Climate Resilience
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Women’s Land Ownership
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Women Farmers
If we want to build climate resilience among rural communities, we need to ensure that women farmers own the land they work on.
Women
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Women Farmers
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Sustainable Farming
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Clean Energy
A UN project, in association with one of India’s leading clean energy companies, is training women salt farmers in the Indian state of Gujarat to work in the solar power industry, and build a better life.
Women
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Climate Change
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Women Farmers
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Suicide
Death by suicide among women farmers in India is substantially underreported, as the labour of women on farms is often invisible even to their own communities. As global temperatures rise, we report how India’s beleaguered women farmers now battle climate change along with enduring stigmas and harassment.
Women
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Women Farmers
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Women’s Land Ownership
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Women’s Land Rights
We were happy — we wouldn’t have to work in others’ fields anymore. We were going to be farmers,” says Daksha Ben Babu Bhai Parmar, a Dalit farmer, recalling how her family had rejoiced at being allotted a 3-acre plot by the Gujarat government in 2006 under the Zameen Santhani scheme.
Women
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Women Farmers
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Nutrition Security
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Food Security
In Odisha's Mayurbhanj, when tribal families lost jobs and access to the forests during the pandemic and the lockdowns, many of them faced hunger and poverty. Since May 2020, women farmers have been cultivating 'nutrition gardens' in their front and back yards, providing food and income security
Women
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Women Farmers
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Income Loss
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Job Loss
The reverse migration sparked by the 2020 lockdown led to a drop in the demand for women farm workers who have few other job opportunities in villages
