empowering women at the first km gender-based constraints and opportunities for agricultural...
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Empowering Women at the First Km
Gender-Based Constraints and Opportunities for Agricultural Information
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Current Situation
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The Work of Women
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Constraints of Women Farmers
Impacts of environmental degradation
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Few Assets
Land ownership
Cash and marketing opportunities
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Social constraints
Low education levels Limited mobility
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Gender relations
Unequal power Patriarchy
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Marginalization from extension services
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Why does the current system fail women farmers?
1. Supply driven R and D systems
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2. Predominance of male extension agents
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3. Lack of organizational capacity for social and gender analysis
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4. Few female professionals with skills and power to influence organizational policies, plans and budgets.
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An alternative approach:
Putting women farmers at the center
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by partnering professional and rural women to achieve gender equality in agricultural systems
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Strategy : Build Women Champions
For organizational change
for advocacy
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and for decision making at all levels.
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HOW: Leadership for Women
Provide training for professional and rural women on:
• Communication skills• Negotiation skills• Advocacy skills• Confidence building• Skills for agro-enterprise
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HOW: Build Men’s Support
• Leadership training on how to support women leaders
• Encouraging heads of organizations to support organizational change
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HOW: Build Enabling Environments through Organizational Change
Build technical capacity in gender mainstreaming and social/gender analysis
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Develop professionals
to act as ‘brokers’
between the
organizations and
rural women’s groups
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Develop organizational accountability through gender policies and structures
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and develop supportive organizational cultures: changing norms, values and attitudes.