In a bold step toward climate justice and sustainable food systems, over 28 women from across rural Namibia came together in Windhoek for a week-long Feminist Climate Change and Agroecology…
The stark power imbalance between the Global North and South has long defined international relations a modern colonial continuity where economic coercion, policy imposition, and disregard for sovereignty persist under…
Inclusive market systems development is increasingly recognised as a powerful approach to empower rural women across various regions in Zambia. Such market systems have the potential to significantly improve women's…
Land remains one of the most contentious and sensitive issues in Zimbabwe, particularly for rural women whose livelihoods, identity, and dignity are deeply tied to it. Despite constitutional guarantees on…
" The Rural Women’s Assembly is a movement of peasants, small scale farmers, farmworkers and fisher women in 11 countries in Southern Africa. It is a membership based movement. It…
Late last month I attended a portfolio committee meeting on land reform and rural development at Parliament, and to say I am disappointed would be an understatement. What I witnessed…
Across Lesotho, rural women are rising to reclaim what is rightfully theirs—land, seeds, and a voice in shaping the future. In the face of climate change, exploitative seed systems, and…
Opposition to the Base Toliara project has not abated. While it is often portrayed as a major financial investment for national economic growth, it is a source of fear and…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Rural Women’s Assembly (RWA), a movement of rural women from across Southern Africa, expresses its full support for the Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples’ Mechanism (CSIPM)…
Attending the Portfolio Committee meeting on Rural Development and Land Reform on 25 June 2025, as a member of the public and on behalf of the Rural Women’s Assembly (RWA)…