Talamh Beo Women is a space where members envision what gender equality looks like in agriculture and how we go about guaranteeing this right for women and all vulnerable farm and rural dwellers.
We identify places and spaces where inequality prevents women and others from realising their true potential, especially when it comes to bringing their perspective and experience to the discussion, design and implementation of all things food, farming and rural living. We will work with organisations and government to replace this inequality with inclusive and participatory policies and practices.
We lead by example. Talamh Beo’s organisational structure is 50/50 gender balanced, as is participation in our Soil Biodiversity EIP.
Women’s representation is present at all levels in the organisation, and we examine all our policies and practices through a gender lens to ensure the content is gender responsive and aimed at guaranteeing gender equality.
As we put our EIP project and other programs and schemes under a gender mainstreaming lens, we need to understand what brings women into the field and what larger issues frame this context. We carried our research on gender mainstreaming in agriculture, and you can read the results of our research project here.
Gender equality is a human right we should be guaranteeing, not something we are aspiring to deliver
Talamh Beo supports:
Specific actions we will pursue as outlined in our CAP submission:
We want to see gender mainstreaming across the agricultural sector. It’s time to actively open the taps to let in the contribution that women have to make. Specifically, we want to see results regarding:
Talamh Beo is a member of La Via Campesina – the international peasants’ movement.
A peasant farmer is defined as a farmer who farms with family labour
La Via Campesina recognises the role of women in agricultural movements:
“The work, perspectives, analysis, energy, leadership and presence of women in La Via Campesina has fundamentally shaped and strengthened our movement”
Read more on the importance of the role of women at La Via Campesina
“That’s Farming speaks to Sligo farmer, Bridget Murphy, in this week’s Women in Ag segment. We discuss her move from South Africa to the family farm in Ireland. Also, we examine an issue that is close to her heart – gender equality in all spheres of agriculture. And she is not afraid to speak her mind.”
–Dirk De Vynck, That’s Farming, 14.01.2022 Click here to read
We surveyed women participating in the Talamh Beo Soil Biodiversity EIP and from the Women’s Group about gender mainstreaming in the project and gender issues in agriculture more broadly to get a better understanding of the experiences of women in this sector from an Irish context. This is important because women make up a significant proportion of the agricultural workforce as well as owning a significant percentage of farms, yet they are notably underrepresented in representation, planning and decision-making roles that affect them directly.
You can show your support for Talamh Beo in many ways. We appreciate social media followers, likes & shares, website visits, newsletter signups and donations. Our reach and proven following is important to lend weight to our voice in discussions regarding Ireland’s agriculture and food policies. If you want to add your voice to our discussions and policy making, or support us in a more practical way which will allow us to continue our work, we would ask that you consider becoming a member of Talamh Beo and making a small financial contribution to our efforts.