Rural Women's Assembly- Malawi

Rural Women's Assembly- Malawi The Rural Women’s Assembly (RWA) is a self-organised network or alliance of rural women in the SADC Region.

Viva! Viva!
07/06/2026

Viva! Viva!

Morning Session: Dialogue Panel on Seeds and Food SovereigntyDuring the morning dialogue session, panel speakers from al...
07/06/2026

Morning Session: Dialogue Panel on Seeds and Food Sovereignty
During the morning dialogue session, panel speakers from all Rural Women's Assembly (RWA) country chapters shared their experiences and perspectives on the role of seeds and food sovereignty. The discussions highlighted the importance of protecting indigenous seeds, preserving traditional knowledge, strengthening community seed systems, and ensuring that rural women maintain control over seed production, storage, and exchange. Speakers emphasized that seeds are the foundation of food sovereignty, food security, cultural identity, biodiversity conservation, and climate resilience for rural communities across Africa.

IT'S TODAY🥳
07/06/2026

IT'S TODAY🥳

🌽 Precious proudly holds local red maize, a seed passed down through generations and protected by rural women farmers in...
18/05/2026

🌽 Precious proudly holds local red maize, a seed passed down through generations and protected by rural women farmers in Zambia.

“We have our local maize. These seeds have fed our families for generations and continue to help us survive even during difficult seasons.”

Local red maize is food, it carries culture, biodiversity, indigenous knowledge, and climate resilience. While industrial agriculture continues to promote uniform seed systems, rural women continue protecting local seeds that sustain communities and strengthen food sovereignty.

Our sister reminds us that the answers already exist within our communities. 🌾

🌾 This year, we celebrate the strength, wisdom, and resilience of rural women farmers across Southern Africa and beyond....
16/05/2026

🌾 This year, we celebrate the strength, wisdom, and resilience of rural women farmers across Southern Africa and beyond.

Women farmers continue to protect seeds, preserve biodiversity, feed communities, and build resilience in the face of climate crisis, hunger, and inequality. Yet despite their vital role, many still face barriers to land, resources, markets, and decision making.

At our upcoming Consultative Dialogue, we honour and amplify the voices of rural women who are already building solutions rooted in agroecology, food sovereignty, climate justice, and collective care.

📍 “We Have Answers – Building Resilient Food Systems”
📅 7–9 June 2026 | University of Pretoria, South Africa

🌱 “We Have Answers!” is both a theme and a declaration.Across Southern Africa, rural women have long protected seeds, pr...
14/05/2026

🌱 “We Have Answers!” is both a theme and a declaration.

Across Southern Africa, rural women have long protected seeds, preserved indigenous knowledge, practised agroecology, and built resilience in the face of climate crisis and food insecurity.

While dominant food systems continue to prioritise profit over people, rural women are already creating solutions rooted in biodiversity, care, justice, and community resilience.

This campaign amplifies those lived solutions and affirms that the answers to the climate and food crises already exist within our communities.

📍 “We Have Answers – Building Resilient Food Systems”
📅 7–9 June 2026 | University of Pretoria, South Africa

🌱 WHY THIS DIALOGUE MATTERS 🌱Across Southern Africa, rural women continue to face the harsh realities of the climate cri...
13/05/2026

🌱 WHY THIS DIALOGUE MATTERS 🌱

Across Southern Africa, rural women continue to face the harsh realities of the climate crisis every day.Droughts, floods, rising food prices, disappearing indigenous seeds, and growing food insecurity.

But even in the midst of these challenges, rural women are already leading solutions. From saving indigenous seeds and practising agroecology to restoring soils and strengthening community resilience, women across our region are building sustainable food systems from the ground up.

Our upcoming Consultative Dialogue: “We Have Answers; Building Resilient Food Systems” is more than just a meeting. It is a space to amplify grassroots solutions, strengthen solidarity, influence policy, and affirm that the answers to the climate and food crises already exist within our communities.

📍 University of Pretoria, South Africa
📅 7–9 June 2026

🌾 WE HAVE ANSWERS 🌾The Rural Women’s Assembly is proud to announce the upcoming Consultative Dialogue under the theme:“W...
12/05/2026

🌾 WE HAVE ANSWERS 🌾
The Rural Women’s Assembly is proud to announce the upcoming Consultative Dialogue under the theme:
“We Have Answers: Building Resilient Food Systems”
📍 University of Pretoria, South Africa
📅 7–9 June 2026
Rural women across Southern Africa are already building solutions rooted in agroecology, seed saving, indigenous knowledge, climate resilience, and food sovereignty. This dialogue will bring together rural women leaders, policymakers, researchers, civil society, and development partners from across the SADC region to amplify these lived solutions and strengthen collective action.
The gathering will feature:
🌱 Grassroots climate resilience stories
🌱 Seed sovereignty and agroecology discussions
🌱 Regional solidarity and policy engagement
🌱 A showcase of community-led practices and innovations
🌱 The launch of our Regional Seed Observatory
For generations, rural women have fed communities, protected biodiversity, and defended land and seeds. The message is simple: the solutions already exist within our communities.
📢 Save the Date and join us as we raise the voices of rural women shaping just and resilient food systems for the future.

Interested? Register Here
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeeKiUqv0C06w9RqFWzLvu-m08sZb0iMnSeRC83lF4FV3OZeQ/viewform?usp=dialog

Bungwe la Earthen Vessels lapereka mbuzi 18 kwa azimayi a RWA a ku Balaka ndi cholinga cholimbikitsa ulimi wokhazikika k...
30/04/2026

Bungwe la Earthen Vessels lapereka mbuzi 18 kwa azimayi a RWA a ku Balaka ndi cholinga cholimbikitsa ulimi wokhazikika komanso kubwezeretsa chilengedwe.

Mbuzi zimenezi zidzathandiza kupeza manyowa achilengedwe oti azigwiritsa ntchito m'maminda yawo paokhapaokha komanso munda wagulu. Izi zithandiza kuchepetsa kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala a ku fakitale (chemical fertilizers) komanso kulimbikitsa njira zaulimi wosamalira chilengedwe.

Tikuthokoza kwambiri bungwe la Earthen Vessels chifukwa cha thandizo ili lomwe lithandiza kukulitsa zokolola komanso kusamalira chilengedwe chathu.

Hello sisters,Please save the date for our upcoming Dialogue on Food Systems and Agroecology, taking place from 7th to 9...
29/04/2026

Hello sisters,

Please save the date for our upcoming Dialogue on Food Systems and Agroecology, taking place from 7th to 9th June 2026.

This year, as we mark the International Year of the Woman, this dialogue will centre the leadership, knowledge, and lived realities of rural women in shaping just and resilient food systems rooted in agroecology.

!

Address

Kaphiri
Lilongwe
22

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Rural Women's Assembly- Malawi posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Share