to the public administration private sector and other civil organisations rural women have the greatest difficulty in accessing education health and other basic services where there is no running water they are the ones who have to walk long distances to fetch water from the rivers to be used by entire households they are the ones who have to go into the bushes and collect wood so that children do not go to bed on empty stomachs they are literally keeping the fires burning and keeping families together while many rural men are working and caught up in urban areas as young women we want to thank