Overview

• The Diputación de Valladolid’s III Plan sets six action areas and includes a new Ventanilla Única Rural, targeted hiring incentives and employment pools, with plans to sign agreements with local businesses to boost female hiring.
• Presented in Valoria la Buena during the International Day events, the strategy builds on a previous plan that the province reports was 90.9% executed, and the day also featured Equality in Business awards recognizing rural-led initiatives.
• FADEMUR Galicia advanced its Emprendimiento SosteNible 2.0 project in Pontevedra, Marín and Poio, aiming to reach more than 25,000 people in 2025 while highlighting persistent pay gaps and underrepresentation in cooperatives and local leadership.
• In Quintana Roo, Governor Mara Lezama formalized a collaboration agreement for rural women, delivered 38 communal land-rights certificates and opened an expo showcasing more than 100 women producers, with support from the Procuraduría Agraria and Sedarpe.
• Mexico’s Agriculture Ministry (Sader) said rural women develop up to 80% of food products and are essential to food security and poverty reduction, citing training and agroecological adoption in Michoacán.