More support to entrepreneurs and shared ownership in rural areas
On the occasion of the celebration of International Women’s Day, it commemorated and worldwide, Fademur has claimed the governments more support for entrepreneurs and cooperatives in rural areas, as well as a strong commitment to shared ownership of farms agricultural, “essential to bring to light the work without rights” of village women. “One in five women in Spain is rural, and deserve attention and recognition, also on March 8,” they say.
The organization of rural women Fademur pointed out that the economy of rural municipalities depends largely on the development of agriculture and employment opportunities that women have. Therefore, the federation has asked governments to put incentives in place for women to access the shared ownership of farms and information to farmers and livestock know their rights and the benefits of access to a law campaigns are conducted that for the first time it recognizes the work of rural women and gives them 50% of the rights of the family farm.
“We need support,” have ensured, “for entrepreneurial projects that many rural women decide to start to have a job.” Fademur commitment to family farming and the development of the cooperative model as a means of employment and development for our peoples.
For the president of Fademur, Teresa Lopez “is being shown that these enterprises give life to the people, services are improved and quality employment is created”, “Women in rural areas are imaginative, struggling and enterprising” he continues, ” but now we have serious difficulties to start new businesses, among other reasons for the problems of access to finance, bureaucratic complexity, or lack of support from the various administrations for such projects.”
“We also demand that all Administrations specific programs inclusion of women in the development of the rural development plans, and that has not included any specific measure to women”, they say.
For Fademur it is “fundamental” to promote the presence and equal representation of women in the economic, trade union, political participation and decision-making, business management, cooperatives and boards of directors, “indispensable presence for achieve equal integration of women in society. ”
Fademur has encouraged all citizens in demonstrations and activities to be undertaken in towns and cities around March 8, in favor of the rights of women and to denounce the social and legislative equality cuts.
A March 8 more rural than ever
90% of the municipalities in Spain are in rural areas and in it reside the 20.23% of the female population and 21.57% of the male population of our state. The specific conditions of the rural environment itself, such as masculinization of agriculture and fisheries, greater difficulties in accessing services, including new technologies, or the low representation of rural women in positions of responsibility and decision-making, make many rural women have added difficulties to live in rural areas.
According to the latest reports from the Ministry of Equal UGT, which have been developed in order to analyze the situation of women in the labor market, both in Spain and in Europe, 60% of women working part-time, ie , 1,212,025 workers declare not being able to find full-time work. Only one in ten women who accesses a part-time work, do to care for people in their home environment, in the case of men the percentage drops to one in a hundred.
Spain, with an unemployment rate of 25.4%, is the second EU country after Greece with higher levels of female unemployment. The Spanish women represent more than 23% of all European women unemployed, amounting to 11.527.00 women in the whole EU. Our country adds many stops as France, Denmark, Belgium, Germany and Finland combined.
The 2016 theme for International Women’s Day is “For a 50-50 Planet in 2030: Demos step for gender equality” this year’s observance will focus on how to promote the new Sustainable Development Goals and the new government commitments under the initiative of UN Women “Demos step”.
“We want to achieve a world in which all women and girls have the same opportunities and the same rights by 2030”. “Give way” calls on governments to make national commitments to end the gap in gender equality: from laws and policies to national action plans and investments are made. Let’s give step! Now is the moment! The growing international women’s movement, strengthened by four global conferences of the United Nations on women, has helped its commemoration offers the opportunity to increase support for the rights and participation of women in political and economic spheres.
Source: FADEMUR
