Gender dimension in EU agricultural policy

• Autorzy: Streimikis Justas , Kyriakopoulos Grigorios L

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.17512/pjms.2024.29.1.20

Warianty tytułu

PL

Wymiar płci w polityce rolnej UE

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The main input of this paper is an examination of gender mainstreaming in the main agricultural policy documents of selected EU countries by applying a developed qualitative assessment framework based on the most important gender-linked issues. The agriculture sector has significant gender equality gaps due to limited access for women to land rights and productive resources, unpaid work issues, and restrictions in employment and decision-making. Gender has a profound impact on women's and men’s roles, access to and ownership of land and other resources, and their ability to make decisions in the agriculture sector. For the EU, integrating a gender perspective in agriculture is crucial for achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment in the sector, enabling women to participate and benefit from a low-carbon transition in agriculture. Integrating a gender dimension into agriculture policies is also crucial for improving the effectiveness of agriculture programs and policies, which impact food supply security, poverty reduction, and increased resilience to climate change. The primary EU policy document in agriculture is the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). To assess the EU agriculture policies in terms of integration of gender equality principles, the countries with CAP Strategic Implementation Plans for the period 2023-2027 were selected for analysis. These countries include Croatia, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Spain, and Sweden, representing different EU geographical (South, North, East, West) and economic (new EU members and old EU member states) regions. The CAP strategic implementation plans of the selected countries were evaluated through a gender lens to highlight the main aspects that would suggest that the implementation of the plan under assessment would contribute to improving gender equality and reducing gender exclusion in the EU agriculture sector.

PL

Głównym wkładem tego artykułu jest zbadanie kwestii uwzględniania problematyki płci w głównych dokumentach polityki rolnej wybranych krajów UE poprzez zastosowanie opracowanych ram oceny jakościowej opartych na najważniejszych kwestiach związanych z płcią. W sektorze rolnictwa występują znaczne luki w zakresie równości płci ze względu na ograniczony dostęp kobiet do praw do ziemi i zasobów produkcyjnych, problemy związane z nieodpłatną pracą oraz ograniczenia w zatrudnieniu i podejmowaniu decyzji. Płeć ma głęboki wpływ na role kobiet i mężczyzn, dostęp do ziemi i innych zasobów oraz ich własność, a także ich zdolność do podejmowania decyzji w sektorze rolnictwa. Dla UE uwzględnienie perspektywy płci w rolnictwie ma kluczowe znaczenie dla osiągnięcia równości płci i wzmocnienia pozycji kobiet w tym sektorze, umożliwiając kobietom uczestnictwo i czerpanie korzyści z przejścia na gospodarkę niskoemisyjną w rolnictwie. Włączenie wymiaru płci do polityk rolnych ma również kluczowe znaczenie dla poprawy skuteczności programów i polityk rolnych, które wpływają na bezpieczeństwo dostaw żywności, redukcję ubóstwa i zwiększoną odporność na zmianę klimatu. Głównym dokumentem dotyczącym polityki rolnej UE jest Wspólna Polityka Rolna (WPR). Aby ocenić politykę rolną UE pod kątem integracji zasad równości płci, do analizy wybrano kraje posiadające strategiczne plany wdrożenia WPR na lata 2023-2027. Kraje te to: Chorwacja, Irlandia, Włochy, Litwa, Holandia, Hiszpania i Szwecja, reprezentujące różne regiony geograficzne (południe, północ, wschód, zachód) i ekonomiczne (nowi członkowie UE oraz stare państwa członkowskie). Strategiczne plany wdrożenia WPR wybranych krajów zostały poddane ocenie przez pryzmat płci, aby podkreślić główne aspekty, które sugerowałyby, że wdrożenie ocenianego planu przyczyni się do poprawy równości płci i ograniczenia wykluczenia płci w unijnym sektorze rolnym.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

gender equality; CAP; gender dimension; governance; management

PL

równość płci; WPR; wymiar płci; zarządzanie; polityka

• Wydawca: Czestochowa University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Management Studies
• Rocznik: 2024
• Tom: Vol. 29, No. 1
• Strony: 335--355
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 45 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Streimikis Justas

• Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, Institute of Economics and Rural Development, Vilnius, Lithuania, Faculty of Management and Finances, University of Economics and Human Science in Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2619-3229

autor

Kyriakopoulos Grigorios L

• School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4875-8534

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2024).