No country for rural women

Nepal must commit to uplifting the status of those at the bottom of society.

Today, October 15, marks International Day of Rural Women . This sounds a bit odd, doesn't it? If March 8 is already being celebrated as International Women's Day, what is the need to have a separate day for rural women? It is not unusual for any of us to have this question in our minds when we hear of this. And that is exactly where the answer to our question lies: The concerns of rural women have historically been sidelined, rendering them voiceless and invisible across the world. The problem is especially stark in countries in the global south that lack social, economic and physical infrastructures to raise the status of rural women to be at par with that of other groups.