They have an appeal to all women “after the various restrictions during the corona pandemic to claim and occupy their rightful place in working life and as functionaries” Catholic women’s movement in Austria (kfbö) and the Austrian Farmer Women Working Group in the Chamber of Agriculture (ARGE women farmers) on Wednesday in a joint broadcast. Adequate representation of women in gainful employment and politics is more urgent than ever “after Corona”, says the letter on the occasion of the upcoming “World Rural Women’s Day” – the “Day of Women in Rural Areas” – on October 15th.
You turn to the women in Austria, as well as to the politicians emphasize the organizations. “We appeal to politicians to create the appropriate space so that men and women can equally participate in gainful employment and care work and that the participation of both genders in democratic processes and in democratic institutions is ensured,” said kfbö chairwoman Angelika Ritter-Grepl.
It was the women who “cut back” in favor of growing demands in private care work during the pandemic in gainful employment, for example by reducing working hours: “All studies show: where the caregiver for the grandmother has failed, or children in homeschooling had to be looked after, the overwhelming majority of women took on these additional tasks, “explained Ritter-Grepl.
“The corona pandemic has displaced women in many places – from gainful employment, from areas of political engagement, be it in civil society or at an institutional level,” emphasized Irene Neumann-Hartberger, a federal farmer and still a member of the National Council ÖVP. As of Thursday, she will renounce her national council mandate in favor of the former Chancellor and now chairman of the ÖVP parliamentary club, Sebastian Kurz.
The corona pandemic has also affected agricultural businesses, mostly family businesses in Austria, said Neumann-Hartberger. In addition to working on the farm, many women farmers have gainful employment because the additional income is necessary. She also observed how women “disappeared” from institutional bodies: “Women often hold deputy functions. When these bodies are downsized – due to security requirements such as during the pandemic – it is they who are first and foremost no longer invited, and so are they lose their political effectiveness. “
Lockdown and self-isolation have also left their mark on women’s social engagement in recent months: “There was no room for personal needs, social exchange about club life or volunteering,” said the federal farmer: “Our women farmers who came out of these get-togethers who take a lot of support and strength with them, are only slowly starting to volunteer and maintain their networks “.
We appeal to women in Austria to assert their place in political bodies and offices and to claim power in order to represent the concerns of women, so Neumann-Hartberger and Ritter-Grepl concluded.
Those: cathpress
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