Working as a mother

“I even had to justify myself to my family”

Beate Horvatek with her daughter and her cows(Bild: Christian Jauschowetz)

Beate Horvatek from Semriach in Styria is a fighter: for a new image of women in agriculture. But the mother of one daughter is not only receiving applause for her efforts. On International Women's Day, she revealed to the "Krone" how the Styrian deals with the multiple burdens and how she wants to cut away old habits.

"So thin and delicate, how can you even work hard in the stable, mucking out?" It's questions like these that no longer drive Beate Horvatek up the wall, but rather make her ears perk up. "I hear much more often: How can you do all this to yourself?"