UN Working Group on UNDROP Demands Urgent Action to Uphold Rights of Rural Women
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GENEVA – October 15, 2025 – On the International Day of Rural Women, the UN Working Group on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas issued an urgent call to action, demanding States and corporations end the systemic discrimination, violence, and economic exclusion faced by rural women worldwide. Despite producing over 70 percent of the developing world’s food supply and leading climate adaptation efforts, peasant women and other women working in rural areas (rural women) remain among the most marginalized groups, facing profound violations of their fundamental human rights.
The urgent call to action highlights a series of intersecting rights violations that shape the stark realities faced by rural women worldwide. The Working Group thereby urges states, multilateral institutions, the private sector, and civil society to uphold the rights of rural women as enshrined in the UNDROP, through concrete actions within their respective domains.
See full call to action below:
