The constraints to which rural women are confronted, in the scattered zones of Algeria, persist, particularly for those living in steppe areas, which are suffering from the scarcity of the natural resources, and in particular water resources. This situation is being worsened by the weight of the traditions which exclude women from almost all the education as well as the access to the resources. Nevertherless, changes are happening in these rural territories, as a consequence of the enormous efforts of the women who still continue inventing strategies and deploying any necessary mean to improve the financial conditions of their home. But, they especially try to gain more autonomy in spite of their low educational level and to their scarce know-how, limited exclusively to the agricultural activity and the local crafts.