Ms. Adjoa Thérèse AKAKPO, President of IAW associate La Colombe in Togo, is among the 10 winners of the Prize of Women’s Creativity in Rural Life – 2019 organized by
AT CSW62 IAW and CFUW were shortlisted to make this oral presentation to the Commission on the Status of Women. The presentation was made by Amanda Keeling, Australia
“In our context, a rural area is a place or area with no modern or better infrastructure for example; no access to modern roads, running/piped water, no modern markets or shopping malls, schools, hospitals.” Rwanda
Rural women are key agents for achieving the transformational, economic, environmental and social changes required for sustainable development.