Naslov
Defining the issues of Female labour in Agriculture: The case of Croatia

Autori
Ilak Peršurić, Anita Silvana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, ostalo

Izvornik
ECA FAO WPW REV FA 12/32 / Hajnalka, P. - Tirana : Organizacija za prehranu i poljoprivredu Ujedinjenih naroda (FAO), 2008

Skup
21 ST EXPERT MEETING OF THE FAO /ECA WPW

Mjesto i datum
Tirana, Albanija, 23.10.2008. - 25.10.2008

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Women; farmwomen; organization of labour; farm strategies

Sažetak
In research about family farms in Croatia we refer usually to the farm owner or household head – a man that cannot give a closer perspective of everyday household life and issues that concern women. While complex family relations affect work division especially in extended families, this aspect is rarely mentioned in literature (Sachs 1996). The inequitable position of women and gender division of labour within nuclear families lies in unequal relations between husbands and wives in terms of property, ownership, power and decision making on farms still some questions demand more answers, like the meaning of domestic tasks to social roles. Farmwomen in Croatia had experienced a time during the 60ties till late 80ties of 20th century of open and large job market possibilities. In the last decade many companies were privatized and among them some collapsed in open market, especially jobs in textile and processing industry which hired mainly women (and a lot of farmwomen) those were pushed back to their traditional roles in the family and household. The jobs in tourism were affected by war so women couldn’t get hired or were underpaid and therefore left their jobs. In such circumstances in Istria a number of them resigned from their jobs, went to pension or revised their importance for family farms (Ilak Peršurić, 2005b). Case studies in Croatia show that the ideal farm women is the image of a housekeeper-care taker-mother who is hard working, modest, efficient, devoted to her family and children (Šikić-Mićanović, 2003). Socio-economic roles of farm women are shaped through many roles in the family, household and the farm. In comparison, in the UK Little (1997) found that women were expected to be there for their children, caring and nurturing. Patriarchy is the organizing principle in farming. In relation to farming, the following characteristics highlight the ’’traditional’’ family: the farm is passed from father to son ; due to inheritance customs reflecting the perception of men as farmers: reproduction of women’s subordination is generated by property ownership and control by men (Haugen 1998, Silvasti 2003, Shortall 1999) ; men are managers of the farm and women assist on the farm. In Croatia we had the same situation ; farm ownership is in male hands, also in near future we cannot expect major changes because female family members are considered as successors in less than 8 percent of farms (Ilak Peršurić 2001). In Croatia patriarchal family relations in farm families were described by Firšt-Dilić (1981). She stated that the level of democracy within the family reflects through decision making ; the higher the family members participate in decision making the more democracy in the family (if only the farm owner or male family members make decisions we have the traditional type of family). Division of managerial roles is gendered whereas women control most tasks in self-sufficient and non-market production (Ilak Peršurić, 2003).

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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