𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐝𝐨𝐰 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫?

She works the same land.

She feeds the same children.

She carries the harvest that feeds the nation.

With no title.

No credit.

No seat at the table.

The United Nations says she must be counted.

𝐔𝐍 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 — 𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐑𝐎𝐏 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟖

Article 4 — States shall take appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against peasant women and ensure their equal access to land and productive resources.

Article 15.4 — Peasant women have equal rights to land, to use and manage land, and to equal treatment in land and agrarian reform.

𝐔𝐍 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟖

𝐔𝐍 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 — Rural women produce 60-80 percent of food in developing countries yet own less than 15 percent of land.

Kenya is a signatory. Our Constitution Article 60 and 68 promise equitable access to land. The promise must reach the widow farmer.

At CTWOO we see her. We count her. We stand with her.

Land rights is food security.

Land rights is dignity.

Land rights is the right to belong.

𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

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