Law No. 6.749 on guidelines for the rights of women workers in the primary sector within the State of Amazonas. Country/Territory Brazil Territorial subdivision Amazonas Document type Legislation Date 2024 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development Keyword Gender Access-to-information Capacity building Credit Agricultural development Agricultural extension Rural employment Education Geographical area Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic Entry into force notes This Law enters into force on the day of its publication. Abstract This Law establishes the guidelines for the rights of women workers in the primary sector in the State of Amazonas. These guidelines aim to: boost the qualified inclusion of female workers in the primary sector, promoting training in rural employment; prioritize access to agricultural resources, subsidies and public policies in the State for women in the primary sector, heads of rural establishments; provide sustainable socio-economic development of rural establishments headed by women; promote preventive actions and combat gender-based and property violence; guarantee women psychosocial assistance; prioritize rural establishments registered in the name of the female head of household in State land programmes; provide improvements in the quality of education for the children of women working in the primary sector; and provide improvements in practices to maximize agricultural production. Full text Portuguese Website sapl.al.am.leg.br