Traduction de «Agricultrice » (Français → Anglais) :

4. Stresses that, even though eliminating inequalities and promoting equal opportunities are considered basic objectives of the implementing regulations for the Structural Funds and rural development programmes, in practice the participation of women farmers in shaping and making use of the possibilities offered to them is minimal; consequently calls on the Commission to ensure that due attention is paid to strengthening the role of women farmers in the procedures for approving the relevant projects, and to enabling the active participation of women's associations and federations in rural areas, and of other bodies bringing together wom ...[+++]en in the countryside, in designing those programmes and determining the evaluation criteria for the different calls for expression of interest;

The Fédération suggests: - that the monetary value of work done by women farmers on the farm be recognized and included in the farm's production costs; - that financial assistance be granted to women farmers for day care of children under five, or to provide a replacement employee during childbirth and emergencies; - that existing tax measures be improved to facilitate transfer of the farm, as well as a respectable retirement for farming parents, so that the parents are not forced to start from scratch and are not left with nothing after giving up their farm; - that the Fédération des agricultrices du Québec continue to receive financ ...[+++]ial support within the framework of a financial partnership for its activities aiming to enhance the profession, provide training, provide information and ensure networking in order to break the isolation of women farmers; that isolation must be broken—sometimes, women farmers go a whole month without going off the farm; they must be able to work normally; - that women farmers who act as natural caregivers for a loved one, or for an ill or disabled person, receive financial support; - that financial support be provided for the family farm—it is unthinkable that women farmers should be forced to work off the farm to make sure the farm survives; - that more financial resources be allocated to support regional initiatives to prevent psychological distress, as well as support for programs to help battered women and abused children; - that food products made in Canada be identified in order to increase Canadian agricultural revenue; - that the benefits generated by agriculture be regularly published for Canadians; such benefits include jobs created, quality food, the vitality of rural communities and conservation of Canadian landscapes.

The whole family is together in a limited space and a limited environment, and it becomes very difficult to function and maintain a positive morale. Given that the work of women farmers must be valued and recognized because of the human and financial investment it requires in relation to the profits generated, given that societal choices must be made about the work of women to give them monetary recognition, given that women farmers should be autonomous in their roles as mothers, family members, educators and caregivers, given that women farmers must live decently and have the same kinds of day care services available in the cities, given that it makes no sense to be forced to work off the farm to survive, given that women farmers are also ...[+++]consumers and producers, and that Canada must continue to produce, process and distribute good quality food products while ensuring food self-sufficiency, the Fédération des agricultrices du Québec would make the following recommendations to the Canadian government.

Françoise Mongrain-Samson, from the Abitibi—Témiscamingue region, was named 2005 female farmer of the year at the Saturne gala held during the Quebec federation of women farmers' convention.

Ms. Louise Thibault (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, BQ): Mr. Speaker, I wish to emphasize today that, at the Gala Saturne designed to recognize the excellence and know-how of women farmers, Dominique Brisson, a sheep producer, was awarded the title of 2004 Woman Farmer of the Year by the Fédération des agricultrices du Québec.

16. In order to raise the status of women farmers by drawing up a "European statute for women farmers who are full partners in their business", which will provide a foundation for basic social rights, calls on the Commission to begin this reform by preparing for a further revision of the directive and to strengthen Article 6 in particular, so as to cover all the risks faced by the assisting spouse of a farmer, particularly in relation to social security, health care, old age pension, maternity benefit and replacement services, disability and incapacity benefit; considers that the directive must be more binding in all its aspects on Member States, as it is the only way to ensure that women assisting on ...[+++]agricultural holdings acquire the vocational status to enable them to have not only derived rights but social entitlements in their own right; calls on the Commission to evaluate the current situation for the present and new Member States and to present a revised directive by the end of 2004;