TH3.1: Empowering women through participatory nutrition sensitive project in Western Kenya

cg.contributor.affiliationBioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agricultureen_US
cg.howPublishedGrey Literatureen_US
cg.placeRomeen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaGender equality, youth and social inclusionen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 5 - Gender equalityen_US
dc.contributor.authorGuettou Djurfeldt, Nadiaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-23T06:52:04Zen_US
dc.date.available2022-11-23T06:52:04Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/125603en_US
dc.titleTH3.1: Empowering women through participatory nutrition sensitive project in Western Kenyaen_US
dcterms.abstractIt is widely recognized that women's empowerment is a crucial pathway to achieve nutrition outcomes. This study is based on a participatory nutrition project with the aim to diversify women's and children's diets through traditional and locally available foods in Vihiga County, Kenya. The objective of this study was to assess how and if the project contributed to women's empowerment along the agriculture-to-nutrition pathways with a specific focus on agriculture as a source of food and agriculture as a source of income, which are pathways one and two in the agriculture-to-nutrition framework. Qualitative data was collected through semi-structured interviews. Thematic analysis was used to determine where along the agriculture-nutrition pathways the project had an impact. To get a more in-depth understanding, women's empowerment pathway was integrated into pathway one and two. Through the nutrition project, women's time burden decreased due to men's increased involvement in vegetable production that previously was perceived as a woman's job. Along pathway two, women reported that they have greater decision-making or bargaining power over expenditures as they now see themselves as providers and not dependents. Women also reported being independent and relying less on their husbands to provide food for the household. At the same time, some husbands showed reduced responsibility to contribute to food expenditures and women and men remained unaware of what their spouses earned. The results show that men's behavioral change is linked to women's empowerment. Hence, this research confirms the importance of including men in nutrition sensitive projects.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGuettou Djurfeldt, Nadia. 2022. Empowering women through participatory nutrition sensitive project in Western Kenya. Presented a the CGIAR GENDER Science Exchange, Nairobi, 12-14 October 2022. Rome: Alliance of Bioversity International and CIATen_US
dcterms.issued2022-10en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseOtheren_US
dcterms.publisherAlliance of Bioversity International and CIATen_US
dcterms.subjectgenderen_US
dcterms.subjectagricultureen_US
dcterms.typePresentationen_US

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