If 2024 taught us anything, it is that empowering women in rural communities is not charity: it is smart public policy and tangible economic development. In Mexico, the demographic and productive weight of rural women is undeniable. INMUJERES reported that only 35.6% of rural women aged 15 and older participate in the economy, 14 points below the urban average—an inequality that limits municipal revenues, innovation, and family well-being. At the same time, total female econo