Rural Women’s Resistance against Imperialist Globalization and the Struggle for Land, Livelihood and Food Sovereignty

Peasant and indigenous women contribute tremendously to food and agricultural production through their hard work, knowledge, and their nurturing capacities. They are involved in all aspects of agriculture – sowing, nurturing and protecting crops from pests, harvesting, selecting and preserving seeds for the next crop, soil enrichment and so on. They use local ecological resources in a balanced way and then regenerate these resources. Learning by experience, and experimenting and innovating when faced with problems, they have developed a vast amount of knowledge and varied skills in agriculture over generations, and have provided food security to millions of families.