For years, millions of rural women in Colombia and Ethiopia sustained entire family economies through informal work, with little access to markets, financing, or stable employment. Today, farmers like Fanny Yadira Rodríguez and Abezash Kuno are transforming traditional crops such as cacao and moringa into opportunities for economic autonomy, community leadership, and resilience in territories marked by poverty, violence, and exclusion.
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For years, millions of rural women in Colombia and Ethiopia sustained entire family economies through informal work, with little access to markets, financing, or stable employment. Today, farmers like Fanny Yadira Rodríguez and Abezash Kuno are transforming traditional crops such as cacao and moringa into opportunities for economic autonomy, community leadership, and resilience in territories marked by poverty, violence, and exclusion.