THE third of four conferences in celebration of Rural Women’s Day will be held at the University of Guyana’s Tain Campus, Corentyne, Berbice, on Wednesday, October 9.

Under the theme, ‘Rural women cultivating good food for all’, the Rural Women’s Conference was launched at the Anna Regina Secondary School in September by the Women and Gender Equality Commission.

The primary aim and focus of this conference, is to empower women in rural communities with the knowledge they need to thrive in the local, growing agricultural sector.

Thus far, the conference has been hosted in Regions Two and 10, and is now heading to Region Six and then to Georgetown next Wednesday.

According to the Women and Gender Equality Commission, the conference is free, and caters for around 100 participants who will learn from the experts in the area of financing at the Institute of Private Enterprise Development (IPED), and those in the field of agriculture from the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) and the Guyana Livestock Development Association (GLDA).

Additionally, a business consultant will be present to speak to the women farmers about looking at farming as a business, and having an entrepreneurial mindset towards farming.

Along with gaining knowledge, the women will be able to share their experiences as farmers – whether they are cash-crop farmers or food crop farmers – bringing awareness to the multiple practices of farmers to successfully maintain their crops.
The Women and Gender Equality Commission is commitment to promoting gender equality and the economic empowerment of women across Guyana.

At the end of this conference, the women participants will not only gain knowledge and tools to thrive in the agriculture sector, but will see progress in their personal lives and within their respective communities.