Promoting gender equality and empowering women through livestock

Promoting gender equality and empowering women through livestock Ann Waters-Bayer & Brigid Letty ETC EcoCulture, Netherlands & Institute of Natural Resources, South Africa Presented at Workshop on Gender and Market-oriented Agriculture: From Research to Practice, 31 Jan–2 Feb 2011, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Focus on women and livestock to reach MDGs ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Women still often overlooked in livestock interventions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Assuming that men are main actors in livestock value chains may:

Impacts of livestock interventions on women and vice versa depend on gender differences in: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Gender inequality, HIV/AIDS and livestock ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Examples of improving gender equality through livestock ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Recognising women’s innovativeness ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Ethiopian woman improved “modern” beehive with local materials South African woman developed better way to keep chickens

Lessons for promoting gender equality and empowering women through livestock ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Lesson 2: Focus on women ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Lesson 3: Strengthen local women’s organisation ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Lesson 4: Improve women’s and girls’ access to education and training ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Lesson 5: Recognise and support local innovation by women ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Lesson 6: Seek gender equality in livestock services and organisations ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Conclusions and action – 1 – ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Conclusions and action – 2 – ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],But we’re slowly getting there !

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