Wanawake wa vijijini ulimwenguni wanakabiliwa na upatikanaji wa rasilimali, ujuzi na huduma ambazo zinazuiliwa na kutofautiana kwa jinsia. Msaada wa Kiislamu hufuata Wanawake katika Maendeleo (WID) mbinu kuweka wanawake mbele ya mipango ya maendeleo.

    Kuwekeza kwa wanawake ni dawa moja yenye ufanisi zaidi kwa matatizo makubwa duniani: vita, umaskini, magonjwa. Wanawake wana jukumu maalum katika jamii kwa kuchangia sio tu kwa familia, lakini kwa ustawi wa jamii kwa ujumla.

    • In Sub-Saharan Africa including Tanzania, while women constitute the vast majority of agricultural workforce, only 15% of them are landholders, a mere 10% of them receives credit and only 7% has access to extension services

    • A World Bank study in Bangladesh Shows that enhanced access of women to education makes one of the greatest contributions towards reduction of the child malnutrition and mortality rates.

    • The UNFPA has found that empowering women and educating girls are the single most effective strategies for reducing poverty as well as child malnutrition and mortality rate