International Day of Rural Women

This picture is more severe for the poorer women farmers in the north-western part of Bangladesh, as most of the agricultural productions in this area are having a bigger impact due to climate change. The women farmers, here, are facing problems that involve securing land tenure, water and energy, wages, financing, technology, access to information and much more. So, these obstacles inevitably make the rural women more vulnerable which then becomes a struggle for them to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal; Gender Equality. According to the UN report, if we can close the gender gap then we can increase our agricultural outputs.

You will see how the women in The Sreepur Village are getting involved in our agricultural training programmes which entails, literacy, labour and production. The majority of our Sreepur mothers are from the northern riverine area of Bangladesh. They are the victims of climate change and because of river erosion some have had to move more than seven times. They also fail to cultivate their land due to the acute lack of water.

Here, in The Sreepur Village we appoint them to learn and practice homestead gardening, fish cultivation, cow rearing, duck rearing and other direct income generating agricultural works. They also learn how to get the information, free seeds and other facilities from government and non-government organisations.

With a complete integrated knowledge and experience in agriculture and production this is one step closer to empowerment and reducing the gender and pay gap. Along these lines The Sreepur Village works hard to achieve these Sustainable Development Goals.