The United Nations is recognizing 2026 as the International Year of the Woman Farmer, aiming to spotlight the contributions ...

Rural women have historically played a vital role in American farming, often performing the same tasks as men. The decline of small farms and the shift from a rural to an urban economy led to the ...

Indian women farm workers lose out due to extreme weather Women in agriculture bear brunt but have little recourse Activists say many rural women unaware of government aid BEED, India, Oct 18 (Thomson ...

Unpaid work. Sexual harassment. Violence. Low wages. The “motherhood penalty.” These are just some of the issues that millions of women continue to face at work in 2025. Despite progress made towards ...

Laura Ten Eyck started working at her family’s business, Indian Ladder Farms, when she was just 5 years old. “My father was a teenager, and started selling apples off the front porch,” she said. Ten ...

A number of gender-specific obstacles hold back women in the workforce - and women's anxiety has only risen as a result. “Net worth,” “husband” and “LinkedIn”: a recent study found that these three ...