Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rural areas have higher rates of violence against women than suburban and urban places. pocketlight/E+ via Getty Images I have ...

The vacant Martin County General Hospital sits abandoned behind a chain since being closed since being closed in August of 2023. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker) New research has found that rural women are ...

Rural communities are adapting as more women return home from prison. Rural women are entering the criminal justice system at record rates, creating new challenges for communities with limited ...

Despite the passage of the Sindh Women Agriculture Workers Act 2019, implementation remains absent across districts, limiting ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mortality rates have been increasing for rural women with COPD. Rural women with COPD have more asthma, ...

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 ...

An organization with rural roots hopes its work will encourage women to hone their leadership skills at a young age and run for leadership positions in government and other areas. The nonprofit, 100 ...

It is well documented that women small-scale farmers are hard done by in an environment where they farm without security of tenure, which inhibits their ability to raise finance with which to grow ...

Women are the invisible backbone of rural economies, central to agricultural production, household food security, and ...

NRLM’s 15th anniversary sees the release of “Claiming Our Skies”, charting rural women’s self-help groups, livelihoods, and ...

On any given morning in rural Uganda, a woman is already at work before sunrise; tending to crops, preparing children for school, managing a small enterprise, or stretching limited capital across ...