Alice Kachere of the National Smallholder Farmers' Association of Malawi (left) and Cesarie Kantarama, a Rwandan farmer, participated in an interactive forum on "Building Capacity among Global Rural Women," held 1 March at the United Nations offices of the Baha'i International Community in New York. The event was one of many side events organized by NGOs in conjunction with the 56th annual UN Commission on the Status of Women, 27 February - 9 March 2012.