RWA Namibia: Rural Women Rise, Feminist Agroecology School Equips Namibian Women to Lead Climate Action

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…

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RWA Swaziland: The unseen war: How Northern bullying reshapes Southern realities and the women fighting back

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…

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RWA Zimbabwe: Current Land Struggles and Women’s Land Rights in Zimbabwe (Land for her is land for all)

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…

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RWA’s Stance on Global Trade Framework:Trade is a gender- blind – we require an alternative

" 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…

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RWA South Africa: When Parliament Forgets the People: A Firsthand Witness to the Failure of Land Reform

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…

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RWA Lesotho: Roots of Resistance: How Rural Women Are Reclaiming Land, Seeds, and Climate Justice

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…

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Rural Women’s Assembly Stands in Solidarity with CSIPM: UN Food Systems Summit +4 Fails Rural Women, Entrenches Corporate Power

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)…

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