Current situation of gender equality in the board of directors of the agri-food cooperatives

<p>In recent years there has been a growing interest in increasing the participation of women in the decision-making areas and making visible their participation in rural cooperatives. As a consequence, fundamentally, the publication of Organic Law 3/2007, of March 22, for effective equality b...

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Autores principales:	María Jesús Hernández Ortiz, Carmen Ruiz Jiménez, Elia García Martí, Cristina Pedrosa Ortega
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Publicado:	AECOOP Escuela de Estudios Cooperativos 2019
Materias:	Mujer Igualdad de género Órganos de gobierno Cooperativas agroalimentarias Economics as a science HB71-74
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:8a866bc4344446eaa65de10ee8a9e4562021-11-12T13:14:35ZCurrent situation of gender equality in the board of directors of the agri-food cooperatives1135-66181885-803110.5209/REVE.61933https://doaj.org/article/8a866bc4344446eaa65de10ee8a9e4562019-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/REVE/article/view/61933https://doaj.org/toc/1135-6618https://doaj.org/toc/1885-8031<p>In recent years there has been a growing interest in increasing the participation of women in the decision-making areas and making visible their participation in rural cooperatives. As a consequence, fundamentally, the publication of Organic Law 3/2007, of March 22, for effective equality between women and men, is intended to promote compliance, development and implementation of this Organic Law in rural areas and also to give compliance with international agreements on gender equality. The administrations, social agents and organizations linked to the rural environment try to provide a favorable framework for reversing the situation suffered by women in all societies and cultures. This is accentuated in rural areas by the weak demographic situation and socioeconomic that characterizes it in most of the Spanish territory.</p><p>In this study we analyze the information on the composition of the board of directors of the agri-food cooperatives included in the SABI database (Balance Sheets Analysis Systems) to know to what extent they are reaching or not this parity objective marked by the Law of Equality. In the same way, we relate the greater or lesser participation of women in the board of directors with other business characteristics (geographical location, activity sector, turnover, etc.) to verify the existence of possible significant differences depending on some of them. This paper contributes to the literature on and participation in the board of directors of cooperatives, an aspect hardly studied in previous studies.</p>María Jesús Hernández OrtizCarmen Ruiz JiménezElia García MartíCristina Pedrosa OrtegaAECOOP Escuela de Estudios CooperativosarticleMujerIgualdad de géneroÓrganos de gobiernoCooperativas agroalimentariasEconomics as a scienceHB71-74ENESRevista de Estudios Cooperativos, Vol 129, Iss 0, Pp 66-83 (2019)
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topic	Mujer Igualdad de género Órganos de gobierno Cooperativas agroalimentarias Economics as a science HB71-74
spellingShingle	Mujer Igualdad de género Órganos de gobierno Cooperativas agroalimentarias Economics as a science HB71-74 María Jesús Hernández Ortiz Carmen Ruiz Jiménez Elia García Martí Cristina Pedrosa Ortega Current situation of gender equality in the board of directors of the agri-food cooperatives
description	<p>In recent years there has been a growing interest in increasing the participation of women in the decision-making areas and making visible their participation in rural cooperatives. As a consequence, fundamentally, the publication of Organic Law 3/2007, of March 22, for effective equality between women and men, is intended to promote compliance, development and implementation of this Organic Law in rural areas and also to give compliance with international agreements on gender equality. The administrations, social agents and organizations linked to the rural environment try to provide a favorable framework for reversing the situation suffered by women in all societies and cultures. This is accentuated in rural areas by the weak demographic situation and socioeconomic that characterizes it in most of the Spanish territory.</p><p>In this study we analyze the information on the composition of the board of directors of the agri-food cooperatives included in the SABI database (Balance Sheets Analysis Systems) to know to what extent they are reaching or not this parity objective marked by the Law of Equality. In the same way, we relate the greater or lesser participation of women in the board of directors with other business characteristics (geographical location, activity sector, turnover, etc.) to verify the existence of possible significant differences depending on some of them. This paper contributes to the literature on and participation in the board of directors of cooperatives, an aspect hardly studied in previous studies.</p>
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author	María Jesús Hernández Ortiz Carmen Ruiz Jiménez Elia García Martí Cristina Pedrosa Ortega
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title	Current situation of gender equality in the board of directors of the agri-food cooperatives
title_short	Current situation of gender equality in the board of directors of the agri-food cooperatives
title_full	Current situation of gender equality in the board of directors of the agri-food cooperatives
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Current situation of gender equality in the board of directors of the agri-food cooperatives

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