OUR COMMITMENT

Agricultrices du Québec is committed to supporting and advocating for the various interests of women farmers. Our initiatives are based on the needs and priorities of our members. This lies at the heart of our organization.

Even here in Quebec, women business owners still face inequality, prejudice and other barriers to success. As long as these challenges persist, AQ will be there, fighting to help you overcome them.

Discover why we’re working on these issues and what we’re doing to overcome them.

Because 65% of women farmers think they lack the skills to serve the UPA in an elected role.

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Because in general, the more economically significant the agricultural business, the fewer women are involved. Meanwhile, women are overrepresented in small to medium-sized farms.

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Because compared to children in urban environments, children on farms are twice as likely to suffer death or injury due to an accident at their place of residence.

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Because women farmers miss out on more than $108 million a year in unpaid work.

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Because if we take the total workload into account (household tasks, farming, off-farm paid work, and volunteering), women report more hours worked than men on average.

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