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Synopsis All over the world, the significance of women's participation in the workforce has resulted in significant transformation in the family set up and the economy. Since 1950s, women's participation in economic activities has been increasing rapidly. Rural developmental activities are no exception to this. The main occupations of women in rural areas are agriculture and allied activities like development of fisheries, animal husbandry, dairy, rural handicrafts, food processing etc. Women also participate in the decision making process, generally in rural developmental activities. Women contribute about three fourths of the total labour force required for such activities. Therefore, many of these women contribute to rural welfare activities through their association with agriculture. Mostly in all civil societies of the world, women are assigned only a secondary position, as it is believed that men are the breadwinners of the family. Therefore, men enjoy a better status than women. It is also believed that, if women become bread earners, that will enhance their standard/position in society. So, measures for ameliorating the status of women are limited in society. The present book tries to capture the profound importance of women's participation in rural development. The focus of this book is on illustrating the participation and thereby the contribution of women to various rural developmental activities, globally.