International Rural Women's Day is celebrated every year on 15 October.

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Category : Important Days Published on: October 17 2023

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International Rural Women's Day is celebrated every year on 15 October to highlight the importance of rural women and for gender equality.
The purpose of celebrating this day is to emphasize on livelihood, education, equality for the overall welfare of rural women.
This day was celebrated for the first time in the year 1995 at the Fourth World Conference for Women.
The resolution to celebrate this day was officially passed by the United Nations General Assembly in the year 2007.
International Rural Women's Day was first celebrated in the year 2008.
The theme of this day for the year 2023 has been kept as 'Rural women preparing good food for all'.

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International Rural Women's Day is celebrated every year on 15 October.