HungerFree Woman Campaign: raising awareness to rural women about their rights

Hey its Rachel K.
Okay, after I finish this post, my requirements for environmental anthropology are complete. Yes, I finished the take home final a couple hours ago and its great.
Ive really enjoyed this class. byeeee.

Okay, so there is a campaign run by actionaid.org.
here is the link: http://www.actionaid.org/pakistan/index.aspx?PageID=3775
here is a link of the news story covering the initative: http://southasia.oneworld.net/todaysheadlines/campaign-demands-equal-land-rights-for-pak-women
This is an initiative taking place in Pakistan that involves activists and educators to travel across the country to inform rural women about their rights; specifically about their rights to the land.
The campaign hopes that it will help empower women and sway them from being victims in times of food crises'.
The campaign lists a series of objectives that they wish to educate rural women about. Members of the community will then come together for a National Convention.
Some of these demands are calling for a change in government laws that will help womens rights' protected as far as agricultural policy went and to ensure equitable distribution of land throughout women peasants.

First off, I was not even aware that this was an issue. Women are marginalized in rural Pakistan so that they can not even receive land rights so that the woman may have a chance at being self-sufficient. Apparentally though, the initative is going really well. activists from actionaid said that "they found that 20 million acres of cultivable land was lying useless in the country." Currently the HungerFREE women campaign is lobbying the government so the land will be given to women, instead of being sold. This will help a gender group that has been considered subordinate and marginalized for so long in a country, back on its feet. I think this campaign is really cool and I wish them the best of luck.