Data science

Rural Women in New Zealand

Read on to find out more about the dashboard we created for Food and Fibre Centre of Vocational Excellence.

3 minutes Written by Hannah Thomas

In a nutshell

In 2024, Scarlatti undertook research for the Food and Fibre Centre of Vocational Excellence which sought to understand the opportunity to better engage rural women in the food and fibre workforce who are not currently working full-time.

The data

This tool draws on several data sources, including:

  • Statistics New ZealandIntegrated Data Infrastructure (IDI)

Note that this project also involved interviews and a survey of rural women.

Read more about this project here: https://www.thewholestory.co.nz/supportingruralwomen/

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