The professional status of rural women in the EU
Study
27-05-2019
This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the FEMM Committee, gives an overview of the professional status of rural women in the EU, as well as their employment situation and position in the labour market in rural areas in most relevant Member States. The study provides identification of the best practices implemented in the Member States and concludes with policy recommendations on the improvement of the employment situation and legal status of women living in rural areas of the EU.
Study
External author
Ramona FRANIĆ, Tihana KOVAČIĆEK
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- ECONOMICS
- employment
- EMPLOYMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS
- equal pay
- EU employment policy
- female work
- female worker
- gender equality
- labour market
- LAW
- personnel management and staff remuneration
- position of women
- regions and regional policy
- rights and freedoms
- rural region
- social affairs
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS