Coinciding with the commemoration of Women's Day, in ECA we want to claim the role and contribution of rural women professionals through this interview with Jerónima Bonafé, Secretary of the Governing Council of Agro-food Cooperatives of Spain, and President of Agro Cooperatives Of the Balearic Islands. With her, a clear example of a woman with a voice and a capacity for decision, in an environment where male leadership still prevails, we talk about issues such as the still low visibility of women in the governing bodies of cooperatives and organizations in the agricultural sector and, both, the need to continue working for a greater role of rural women.

The Federation of Rural Women's Associations (Fademur) will hold a great day on Tuesday 10th October on the role of rural women in the Spanish economy, and their key role as guarantors of food sovereignty, the territorial structure, maintenance of biodiversity and the fight against depopulation.