🌿How can we create more opportunities for women innovators in rural and agricultural areas? Join us next week for Empowering Rural Communities: Gender Equality and Innovation in Action, where leading experts, policymakers, and innovators will explore real solutions to the

A new study from the UCC Ireland School of Public Health, published in the Journal of Public Health, brings to light the anxiety and stressors facing women in agriculture, as well as their help-seeking behaviours, & calls for tailored mental health policy interventions to enact change.

👥 Wrapping up the #EPFWomenInnovation with a roundtable discussion to explore how to systematise public support for women & foster innovation ecosystems that empower them. With experts from EU Agriculture🌱, European Economic and Social Committee, European Women's Lobby, EU4ADVICE, FLIARA Project, María del Mar Delgado (University of Cordoba) & more.

Great to see this work and focus on rural women's health coming to the fore!! Well done!!

🌾👵👴 Creating an age-friendly farming community! The Farmer’s Yards initiative supports older farmers, fostering social engagement & well-being. Let's cultivate healthy aging! 🌱 #Farming #AgingWell #FarmersYards doi.org/10.1080/105992…

Delighted to speak at the FLIARA event today! Betty-Ann Bryce underlining the importance of evidence when asking for innovation policies to consider women GRASS CEILING Project FLIARA Project Faculty of Science, Agriculture & Engineering Centre for Rural Economy

🤔How can we unlock the full potential of women in rural economies? Our webinar explored this vital question with researchers, policymakers, and entrepreneurs. 👉Get the key takeaways in our new article, covering everything from gender-responsive policies to the power of

📣 Join the 3rd FLIARA Online Community ofP Event: Bridging Private & Public Funding for Women Innovators in Agriculture & Rural Areas! ➡️ Register NOW: bit.ly/43ZDcYN Learn about: 🇪🇺 EU Funding Opportunities with the Rural Toolkit 🚀 Making Your Startup Fundable

Way To Go RORY...Unreal....

We were pleased to showcase our monthly Rural Voices Seminar Series during the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless' (James Lawless) visit to the Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway last week 🇮🇪🇪🇺 Department of Further and Higher Education @DeptRCD Research Ireland CASSCS Research

The PREMIERE #HorizonEurope project rolled out a National Engagement Campaign across 3 diverse Irish events in April & May, promoting our tools & resources, such as the #MAA Checklist to support #Cluster6 proposals -Rural Voices @DeptRCD -CIG 2025 Geographical Society of Ireland -Pint of Science IE🇮🇪

The MA in Planning and Development at Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway, with SCSI - Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland accreditation, prepares graduates for careers in planning, surveying, communication planning, regional planning, sustainability planning futures and related geographical careers. 🔗: youtu.be/DUH0_D69-ig?si…

Get to #Mountbellew today for the #Shearfest - European Championships 2025, it's going to be another brilliant day. WELL DONE to the Mountbellew committee and community.

Great to be at the 2025 EUA-CDE European University Association Doctoral Education Conference in Switzerland this week on behalf of Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway. Great to see Ireland's PhD numbers at the top of EU standards! #euacde

A powerful movement for change! 💪 Over the past year, the FLIARA project has hosted four vital Community of Practice events across Europe, putting women's innovation in agriculture and rural areas firmly in the spotlight. These events fostered collaboration, showcased

📢 The FLIARA Project took centre stage today at a crucial European Parliament hearing, spotlighting the vital role of women's entrepreneurship in the EU's rural renaissance! Our Project Coordinator, Associate Professor Dr Maura Farrell, presented powerful insights on how

I spoke in the European Parliament’s FEMM Committee Press Committee today on the role of women in farming. I was joined by three remarkable Irish experts who shared powerful insights.

- Dr Maura Farrell Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor at Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway, specialising in Rural and Agricultural Geography. - Professor Sally Shortall – Duke of Northumberland Professor of Rural Economy and GRASS CEILING Project project coordinator, expert in socio-ecological

We’re excited to invite you to the upcoming AgriStress Response Network - Mental Health Innovations Exchange, this Wednesday, July 2, at 10 AM CT. Join us to discover innovative solutions for mental health in agriculture. 👉 Register Here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

🎉 The countdown is on! Join us in Brussels on 17 October 2025 for the Final Conference of the FLIARA Project — hosted at the European Committee of the Regions. 🌱 This full-day event will spotlight female-led innovation in agriculture and rural areas, with: ✔️ Insights from