Advancing gender equality in rural areas in the EU
Women play a crucial role for the development and economic growth of EU rural communities. Yet their key role is too often ‘invisible’. The workshop Advancing gender equality in rural areas in the EU aims to enhance the understanding of their challenges and explore solutions.
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- Andolsheim, France
Women play a crucial role for the development and economic growth of EU rural communities. Yet their key role is too often ‘invisible’, not recognised, and rural women continue to face greater difficulties, compared to men, at accessing and maintaining stable employment and taking part in decision-making processes. Traditional gender roles often amplify gender inequalities.
The EU is committed to improving the situation, notably through the EU Rural Action Plan, by supporting the uptake of female entrepreneurship, women’s participation in decision-making and the provision of adequate services in rural areas.
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will continue supporting gender equality in rural areas through the new CAP Strategic Plans (2023-2027) and particularly under Specific Objective 8, promoting employment, growth, representation in decision-making processes, participation in farming businesses, social inclusion and local development. However, the CAP cannot provide the sole support for accomplishing these aims; therefore, enhanced awareness and integration of all available and relevant EU and national funding tools and policies is needed.
In this context, the workshop Advancing gender equality in rural areas in the EU aimed to enhance the understanding of current challenges faced by women in EU rural areas, share successful experiences and practices aimed at supporting rural women from different Member States and explore possible solutions that can be promoted through the CAP Strategic Plans and other EU funding tools and policies.
The event was organised in collaboration with the French National Rural Network, the Grand Est Region, the Rural Network of Grand Est Region and ANCT – National Association for the Cohesion of Territories.
The workshop took place 15 November 2022, with field trips on 16 November to visit relevant projects. The working language was English.
We invite you to check this event webpage regularly for updates and to follow the EU CAP Network on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn for live updates (#ruralwomen) during the event.
Background documents
- Striving for a Union of Equality - The Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025, European Commission
- Gender Equality Strategy - Achievements and key areas for action, European Commission
- The professional status of rural women in the EU, study commissioned by the European Parliament (2019)
- Rural Connections magazine 2/2020, especially the articles ‘Increasing diversity in European agriculture: including women’, S. Shortall, p. 19 and ‘Women as agents of social innovation in rural areas’, C. Dalla Torre and E. Ravazzoli, p. 21
- Mapping the state of women’s equality region by region, DG Regio
- European Court of Auditors, Gender mainstreaming in the EU budget: time to turn words into action, special report 10/2021
Agenda
(PDF – 271.32 KB)
Additional info
Venue
Andolsheim France
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Resources
Highlights report: Workshop "Advancing gender equality in rural areas in the EU"
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European CAP Network, Anna Nowak-Wood, European Commission - DG AGRI
(PDF – 994.48 KB)
Overview of key challenges faced by rural women across the EU, Margaret Bateson-Missen, European Commission - DG AGRI
(PDF – 1.13 MB)
Rural gender equality: key challenges facing rural women, Maura Farrell, University of Galway
(PDF – 922.35 KB)
Call for expressions of interest for gender equality in rural areas, David Armellini, ANCT
(PDF – 521.62 KB)
Promoting gender equality in rural areas and in the agriculture sector: Spanish approach, Tania Lucia Benito, Ministry of Agriculture (ES)
(PDF – 1.38 MB)
Gender aspects in Greek RDP 2014-2020 and Greek rural policies, Eleftheria Bakali, Ministry of Rural Development and Food (GR)
(PDF – 827.24 KB)
A financial mechanism for Estonian rural women designed by ETNA, Sirje Vällmann, ETNA (EE)
(PDF – 526.95 KB)
PANDIVERE Micro Credit Group, Reena Curphey, ETNA (EE)
(PDF – 372.82 KB)
Representation and participation in decision-making processes, Tara Farrell, Longford Women's Link (IE)
(PDF – 911.03 KB)
Services and infrastructure, Valérie Bernardoni, Rural Family Association; Simon Autin, Rural Households Association (FR)
(PDF – 505.88 KB)
Services and infrastructure, Eric Krezel, National Association of Rural Mayors (FR)
(PDF – 319.37 KB)
Group discussions 1 – Rural Services and Infrastructure, Popi Sourmaidou, Peri-ergon (GR)
(PDF – 1.64 MB)
Group discussions 1- Rural Services and Infrastructure, Anabel Calderín Castro, OCIRIF project (ES)
(PDF – 2.62 MB)
Group discussions 2 – Support for entrepreneurship, Silke Mock, Bauerinnen (IT)
(PDF – 251.14 KB)
Group discussions 2 – Support for entrepreneurship, Lina Noreikaitė, Pociūnėlių Istorijos (LT)
(PDF – 2.1 MB)
Group discussions 3 – Decision-making processes, Laura Albu, CMSC (RO)
(PDF – 2.54 MB)
Group discussions 3 – Decision-making processes, Valentina Tomezzoli, Azienda Agricola Tomezzoli (IT)
(PDF – 430.91 KB)