Apply Gender Mainstreaming in Farming and Rural Areas

Abstract

Apply the method of gender mainstreaming to support (grant) mechanisms in farming and rural areas. Gender mainstreaming involves that gender will be on the agenda of all stages in all policies to be made. Applying gender mainstreaming is a principle included in the Comon Agricultural Policy of the EU : Equality between women and men is a core principle of the Union and gender mainstreaming is an important tool in the integration of that principle into to the CAP. Currently, uptake of gender mainstreaming in the domain of farming and rural areas stays behind; using this method is instrumental to achieve more equality between women and men. Introducing this method to all policy initiatives is an important step forward.