#Rural Workers

[indizombie]

No labour budget has been approved for West Bengal for 2023-24 under MGNREGS, keeping workers in a state of constant worry about their survival. Many have not received their wages due from 2021. Some have joined ongoing protests in New Delhi that began in February 2023, demanding their dues and rights for guaranteed work. MGNREGS, introduced in 2005, has served as a lifeline for rural workers whose livelihood entirely depend on it. Those registered can demand up to 100 days’ work with an average income of Rs 213 daily. The lack of funds have resulted in a food crisis for many in the state.

Himanshu Nitnaware, ‘Surviving on fish from gutter, rice: West Bengal workers bear brunt of Central freeze on MGNREGA funds’, Down To Earth

[ruralwomenday]

2023 International Rural Women's Day Commemoration Seminar.

According to the latest FAO report, women play a crucial role in agricultural and non-agricultural activities, which emerge as agrifood systems develop and economies change. There, women work as farmers, retailers, wage laborers, entrepreneurs, among other tasks. However, gender inequalities in agrifood systems cause women to be disproportionately affected by food and nutritional insecurity, monetary and time poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean.

In view of this situation, the FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, in the framework of the Commemoration of the International Day of Rural Women and the strengthening of its program for the economic empowerment of this group, invites counterparts from government, civil society, academia, private sector and UN agencies to discuss and propose strategies for closing gender gaps in agrifood systems, during a seminar to be held in hybrid format on October 10, 2023, in Santiago, Chile.

Objectives

The seminar will seek to provide a regional overview of the advances and challenges that promote or obstruct the economic empowerment of rural women in all their diversity, and will make recommendations to strengthen the economic empowerment program for rural women and generate inputs for the FAO Regional Conference -LARC 38, the Regional Conference of ECLAC-UNWomen, among other initiatives within the framework of the rural women's agenda in the region.

During the seminar, examples of legislation, policies and programs will be presented with a focus on what has worked and specific recommendations will be shared on how to make more and better interventions with and for rural women. From a vision of collective action, the seminar will seek to generate alliances and identify strategies and interventions with scalability potential, based on the agenda of rural women in the region, to accelerate their economic, social and political empowerment.

Methodology

The Seminar will begin with welcoming remarks by FAO, followed by thematic talks that will delve into the central aspects of sustainable rural development from a transformative gender equality approach, followed by a space for guided reflection, and ending with a session of agreements and closing. The interventions will incorporate success stories and review the strategies mobilized to bring about the necessary change towards an egalitarian welfare state.

The seminar will be simultaneously interpreted from Spanish into English and Portuguese.

[analligatorr]

viadinhos de esquerda🐈‍⬛🌙♥️

[ed13d1]

one 4 each of us

[whitetrashkim]

Love me.

[somany-fandoms-solittle-time]

Ruggie: *eating clean through a bone while having lunch*

Midwestern! Yuu: "Well, Shit. Yous gotta pair'uv Chompers on ya dontcha? Now, yous better be careful with that thang or'y'll snap somebody's fanger clean off!"

Epel, listening in from another table: YES! YES!! I UNDERSTAND!!! IM NOT THE ONLY ONE ANYMORE

[hannibalsilva]

in an abandoned factory somewhere in Porto

[caimitos]

saw a post about projecting your ethnicity onto a character and started missing vespa ilkay. so so bad

[jellogram]

Can Republicans stop being fucking asshole losers for one goddam second. How do you see the massive destruction happening in your own country and go "Haha, this is what voting blue gets you!" as if our fucking taxes gave us a dry winter. I swear to God the entire state of California could die horrible deaths and these fucks would be online using us as "evidence" against the left wing and saying we deserved it.

[indizombie]

As per the Act, the workers should get work as demanded, said activist Nikhil Dey. “Rural workers registered under the scheme are mandated to get work under Article 21 of the Constitution. The Article recognises the right to work as a fundamental right, which is being violated daily. These workers have the right to seek work for 100 days and earn a dignified income,” said Dey. The law also enables these workers to seek unemployment allowance and compensation for delayed wages for each passing day without work. “The central government is not following the rules, which is creating a crisis across the state and the country,” he added.

Himanshu Nitnaware, ‘Surviving on fish from gutter, rice: West Bengal workers bear brunt of Central freeze on MGNREGA funds’, Down To Earth

[ruralwomenday]

Rural women make up more than 40% of the agricultural labor force in developing countries.

Today on October 15th, we are empowering rural women across the globe. They make up more than 40% of the agricultural labor force in developing countries. Yet, they face numerous challenges including limited access to credit, healthcare and education. International Day of Rural Women

[yeyinde]

As a canadian who used to work at Tims I am loving the Tims asks lol. I think Price would be classic old-person at tim’s and be there right at opening, order a single old-fashion plain donut, a larger black coffee, then spend the next 2 hours dipping the donut in the coffee and reading the newspaper.

Ahhhh, this is making me think about a meetcute in a local Tims now, which is not the cafe au anyone probably expected. Or wanted. Could you imagine trying to fall in love when someone is unironically ordering pinwheels with an xl 4 by 4 in the background? I'd cry, me.

The romance blooms between: "here's your coffee-" your manager who should legally never be allowed around the public stares daggars at your back. "-SIR. AND WOULD YOU LIKE A DONUT WITH THAT? YES, I'M AWARE YOU ALREADY ORDERED AND WOULD HAVE ASKED FOR ONE YOURSELF IF YOU WANTED IT BUT I HAVE TO ASK TO HIT MY UPSELL QUOTA OR THE FRANCHISE OWNER WILL DOCK MY HOURS AND DENY THE VACATION REQUEST I SO DESPERATELY NEED. YES, I WILL GO FUCK MYSELF. THANK YOU, HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!"

He's smitten, he is. He sees the dead eyes and the constant dread that seems to permeate from your pores as he sits in the corner that's now His, and thinks, "damn. That's the one for me."

[metamatar]

it is kind of weird how sunscreen is seen as this uncomplicated skincare basic or whatever. in middle class india its this storm of colorist and racist assumptions built into beauty standards because the worst thing that can happen to you or your child is a tan.

[llycaons]

in hindsight its kind of funny but in 2020 I can't imagine anything less appealing than watching a show about people doing remote work. it's a little funny sure, but god that's your everyday life if you wfh in 2020

[guinevereslancelot]

getting spam ads for online jobs....its that bad out here

[wurmwizzard]

when I was going through the horrible growing pains of teenagedom I distinctly remember begging the universe to give me an interesting life. Laying in bed, with tears stinging my eyes, I desperately wanted to be able to experience everything in the world. Which is impossible, of course, since immortal sexy robo-bodies haven't been invented yet. Now Im a bit older (if 4 years can be considered "older"), I have had quite the crazy, eccentric life so far! Yea many intense, stressful, painful things have happened to me, but I'm always relieved that I did end up getting my wish. At least things happen, because they won't forever.