October 15, 2014

"Collectively, rural women are a force that can drive global progress. We must harness that power to achieve our three interlinked objectives for next year: accelerating our work towards the Millennium Development Goals, adopting a new vision for sustainable development, and concluding a meaningful universal climate agreement."

- U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

Since 2008, October 15 is U.N. International Day of the Rural Woman