Tag Archives: women in agriculture

Event: Recognising Women’s Involvement in Farming

6th August 2018 by Lorna
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Sally Shortall, researching women's involvement on farms

It’s not just in the farming industry where women are making their presence felt with perhaps more determination than ever before, although when I think back to the ‘Votes for Women’ campaign, I don’t think we’ll ever reach their heights. In very recent years though, there has been a tangible change. Between sport (the Irish hockey team were silver medallists in the World Cup today), the MeToo movement, women now playing villain characters in films, it seems women aren’t content [...]

Why “Women in Farming” groups?

3rd September 2017 by Lorna
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Why do you need a women in farming group?

Can’t you join the IFA?

What about the I.C.A?

How about a “people in farming” group? Isn’t having two (IFA and a women in farming) more divisive?

It’s coming up to a year now since five us us got together to set up South East Women in Farming and put out word on social media and by word of mouth inviting women to come along. We had about 40 women at that first [...]

Can Women Calve Cows Too?

20th January 2017 by Lorna
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RTE Countrywide on Women in Farming

It’s been an interesting week in Irish farming. No, it’s not about Brexit or even beef prices but the topic of women in farming is becoming a hot one – at long last!

Can women calve cows & drive tractors?

Women are great multi-taskers but do they have the skills, strength and know-how to calve cows as well as all the other farming tasks? Well, a man calling RTE’s Liveline the other day doesn’t think so. Women can’t be farmers, although it [...]

Women in Agriculture Conference

25th October 2011 by Lorna
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I went to the Women and ?Agriculture conference in Kilkenny today which was organised by Mairead Lavery and the team at Irish Country Living (of the Irish Farmers Journal). ?When I walked in, the first stand I saw was that of ‘magic’ window washing equipment and I thought ‘oh no’ – are they going to be pigeon holing us like that! Other stands included lovely cake sellers, hat sellers, IFA, FRS, charities etc. Many ladies got free head [...]