The world has women who live and produce in the fields, rural women who rarely wear make-up on their faces, their hair almost always covered by a scarf and a hat that protects them from the sun, women who feel as important as any city lady.
From their own spaces with their own voice and work, they contribute not only to the maintenance of their homes, but also to the agricultural development of the areas where they live together with other farmers.
In the field they are useful, they do any work as much as a man; they mow, sow and harvest, they ensure the so necessary dish of the family table that demands food security and the elimination of poverty.
It is women who play a decisive role in the rural economies of developed and developing countries, participating in crop production, caring for animals and fetching water and fuel for their households.
The queens of the fields demand to be masters of what they do, of their decisions and their future, because with these guarantees could increase more than 30 percent of production in developing nations and thus reduce the phenomenon of famine on the planet.
Fortunately in Cuba, women are the protagonists of their time. The rural sphere is no less important than the urban one and in that direction, considerable resources have been allocated to improve the lives of rural women, offering them education and opportunities for self-improvement.
Here in this small country, women are also necessary, and the doors of the future are open for them to walk towards it.
The country exhibits an optimistic panorama in comparison with other more affected lands, where the role of women is underestimated.
Far from taboos and fears, they can be workers in the field, in the companies, in the Cooperatives of Agricultural Production and Credit and Services. They can also excel in agricultural universities and develop research that contributes to the agricultural evolution that demands new energy.
Tenacious and energetic, ready to build their own destiny in their country, without anything can limit them. In the fields of Cuba, where so many legends flourish, is where queens can best perform their magic.
