In the light of the mid-term review of the Common Agriculture Policy, the Committee on Women’s Rights and Equal Opportunities is putting forward an own-initiative report by Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU (EPP-ED, GR) underlining the importance to improve equal opportunities for women in agriculture and the rural environment.

It is crucial to improve the general living conditions for women in rural areas, for example by providing better public transport facilities, childcare, and health services.

- EP’s press release

- Report on women in rural areas of the European Union in the light of the mid-term review of the common agricultural policy (2002/2241(INI))

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