Gender and Agriculture - A Critical Introduction

Content of the event

Gender & Agriculture - how is it connected?

The introductory lecture will focus on living & working conditions of women and queers in agriculture in German-speaking countries. Who owns what? Who does what work? And how are issues like division of labor, ownership and role expectations in agriculture related to gender?

Gender (in)justice and power asymmetries are exemplified by the topics of agricultural law and sexualized violence in agriculture. But lived empowerment through feminist & queer organizing in agriculture show alternatives.

Language: German with English translation via Zoom

Information about the Advisers

Alina Gombert (she/her) is doing her PhD at Goethe Uni on future visions in agriculture. She studied sustainable agriculture and crop science.

Hanna Schwager (she/you) is white, queer and grew up in an East German village. She is a political*educator and activist. Dey once studied organic agriculture and is currently doing a master in gender studies. Hanna is the initiator of the zine "Queere LandLust".

Katharina Varelmann (she/you) is an agronomist. She works on issues around working conditions of workers and gender justice in the agricultural sector. She has done research on sexualized violence in agriculture.

All Advisers are part of ELAN.

ELAN stands for emancipatory agriculture network. It exists since 2019 as an open association of FLINTA* people (women, lesbian, inter, non-binary, trans, agender *) of different ages from all possible fields of agriculture and agricultural sciences.

People in ELAN disagree with the current situation of agriculture and advocate for a solidarity and queerfeminist agricultural turnaround.

ELAN organizes network meetings, skillsharings, demos, campaigns, lectures and workshops. In this way, the network creates spaces for empowerment, exchange, discussion and shared learning.

You want to join? Then get in touch with us. We want to become many.