Working on issues central to its constituency, rural women and girls, RWM would come to number over 50,000 members across KwaZulu-Natal.

The movement works both at the grassroots and policy levels on issues including women's access to land rights, ending gender-based violence, promoting food sovereignty and fostering healthy, democratic rural communities.

Sizani Ngubane was recognized for her work as the 2018 NGO CSW Woman of Distinction and as a 2020 finalist for the Martin Ennals award.

[1] As a young girl, Ngubane witnessed her mother experiencing domestic violence from her male relatives and her own husband.

[6] In 2020 she was nominated for the Martin Ennals Award together with Yemeni lawyer Huda Al-Sarari and Norma Librada Ledezma.