Rural women farmers in South Africa: How global promises aren't translating into support on the ground

It is well documented that women small-scale farmers are hard done by in an environment where they farm without security of ...
AllAfrica on MSN

International Day of Rural Women - Empowering Africa's Rural Women for Sustainable Development

Dr. Jemimah Njuki is Director for Gender, Women and Civil Society at the African Development Bank Group. Here she discusses the Bank's commitment to gender equality, its results in supporting rural ...
The Conversation

Rural women are at a higher risk of violence − and less likely to get help

Walter S. DeKeseredy receives funding from West Virginia University.. I have been teaching a course on rural criminology since 2014, and most of my students are surprised by the information on ...

'Not exactly glamorous': The 'disheartening' reality of dating in rural Australia

Rural Australians say dating in the country is a whole lot harder than in the city, with geographic isolation the least of their worries. Finding someone with the same values and lifestyle priorities ...
National Mortgage Professional

Single Women Rejected Most Often

Single women own more homes than their male counterparts, yet they are almost 30% more likely to be denied a mortgage, the ...
HousingWire

Single women homebuyers are outpacing single men by a 2-to-1 ratio

When the National Association of Realtors (NAR) first started its Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers in 1981, it found that single women were the second largest demographic in the U.S. housing market, ...
WBEZ

‘Women adrift’: How single women lived independently in early Chicago

The types of housing single women were afforded in Chicago at the turn of the century say a lot about society and residents.