Hope for Rural Women Assembly Statement on Food Systems and Human Rights
We as rural women of Lesotho to reflect, learn, and raise our collective voice on the future of our food systems. Climate change continues to affect our land, water, crops,…
Rural Women’s Assembly (RWA) Statement to COP30 – Belém, Brazil
“Climate Debt, Reparations, and Justice for Rural Women” Women of the Land Speak We, the Rural Women’s Assembly (RWA) a movement of smallholder rural women farmers, food producers, and rural…
RWA 2025 Statement on World Food Day and International Day of Rural Women
As the world marks International Day of Rural Women (15 October) and World Food Day (16 October), the Rural Women’s Assembly (RWA) reminds us that the struggle for food security…
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)…
Swaziland A Nation in Mourning: The Alarming Rise in Child Killings
The Swaziland Rural Women’s Assembly (SRWA) stands in horror and outrage at the escalating violence against children, particularly the brutal killings targeting the girl child in our communities. Our nation…
RWA IDPS 2025 Statement: This Land is Ours. These Seeds are Ours. Our Struggle is Not for Charity — It’s for Power
Today, on International Day of Peasants’ Struggles, the Rural Women’s Assembly (RWA) stands in solidarity with all peasants who are under attack—especially rural women across Africa and the Global South.…
STATEMENT BY THE RURAL WOMEN’S ASSEMBLY ON THE 2025 KAFUE RIVER POLLUTION
The Rural Women's Assembly (RWA) expresses its deep outrage and heartbreak over the disastrous pollution of the Kafue River caused by the collapse of the tailings dam at Sino-Metals Leach…
RURAL WOMEN’S ASSEMBLY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2025: A CALL TO SOLIDARITY IN ACTION!
Read in French, Portuguese or Swahili As we commemorate International Women’s Day on 8th March, the Rural Women’s Assembly stands firm in resistance and solidarity with millions of rural women…
RWA Submission /statement to the African Union Commission on the agenda for CAADP post-Malabo in 2025
Introduction The Rural Women’s Assembly (RWA) wants to respond to ongoing issues that are part of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) of the African Union (AU). CAADP, established…
RWA Media Statement: Africa Day 2024
As rural women across Southern Africa, we are deeply concerned about the socio-economic injustices and structural inequalities which continue to plague our continent. On this Africa Day, while acknowledging our…