Rachel Martin: Despite all the noise, we're not much closer to change for women in ag
Unlike change at corporate level, cultural issues on individual family farms will not be solved by targets and inspiring mission statements, writes Irish Examiner Farming editor Rachel Martin.
There’s been so much talk of gender equality and empowering women over the last week that you’d be forgiven for thinking the days of asking women on farms for “the boss” were long gone.
Yet, as the rest of society seems to have got the memo that women are just as well equipped as men for hands-on roles, the agri-food sector still has some way to go.
