West African Project Helps Women Farmers Claim Their Rights, Land

FILE - Mariama Sonko and other members of the We Are the Solution movement take part in a lemon balm workshop in the Casamance village of Niaguis, Senegal, March 7, 2024. FILE - Mariama Sonko and other members of the We Are the Solution movement take a census of the different varieties of rice in the Casamance village of Niaguis, Senegal, March 7, 2024. FILE - Mariama Sonko poses in the seed hut of her agro-ecological training center in the Casamance village of Niaguis, Senegal, March 7, 2024.

Mariama Sonko's voice resounded through the circle of 40 women farmers sitting in the shade of a cashew tree. They scribbled notes, brows furrowed in concentration as her lecture was punctuated by the thud of falling fruit.