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Challenges and opportunities to achieving gender parity in the Kenyan intensive dairy sector
1. Challenges and opportunities to
achieving gender parity in the
Kenyan intensive dairy sector
Katie Tavenner
International Women’s Day
Nairobi, Kenya, 8 March 2016
ILRI/flickr
2. Why Dairy?
• Low-emissions dairy development as ‘climate smart’
• Improving rural livelihoods
• Intersection of gender/mitigation initiatives/dairy
OnILRI.org
3. Gender Dynamics in Kenyan Dairy Production
Women’s management tasks
• Securing fodder
• Providing water
• Assessing & treating animal’s health needs
• Recognizing when a cow requires mating or AI
• Removing manure
• Milking the cow
Men’s management tasks
• Owning and selling the cow
• Spraying animals against ticks
• Planting fodder crops
4. Barriers to Gender Parity
• Cultural / gender norms around ownership and
management of dairy cattle
• Women’s “triple role” burden
• Access to extension services
• Access to productive assets and credit
• Milk marketing
• Dairy income and intra-household decision-making
5. Opportunities for Gender Inclusion in
Development Interventions
• Integrating women into milk cooperatives
• Strengthening women’s leadership and
participation in formal organizations
• Designing technologies with women’s capacities
and labor burden in mind
• Making the ‘business case’ for gender inclusion
OnAfricanDairyPortal
6. Basic Indicators for Gender Parity
• Gender of who in the household is registered with the
producer organization/HUB
• Gender of who in the household delivers the milk
• Gender of whose bank account milk sale profits are
delivered
• Number of women and youth in leadership positions /are
board members
• Number of women/youth attending and participating in
meetings
7. Advanced Indicators for Gender Parity
• Milk availability for children at household consumption
level
• Commensurate milk sales with women’s labor
• Ownership/control of livestock assets and technologies
• Income controlled by women from morning and evening
milk sales
• Decision-making for milk sales, cattle sales and purchases,
and animal health/breeding
• Number of hours spent on dairy-related tasks for men and
women
8. Promising Ways Forward
• Creation of a dairy NAMA for Kenya
• Strengthening smallholder access to markets and
appropriate technologies
• Favorable policy environment
onFlickrbyILRI/RosemaryDolan
Notes de l'éditeur
Pop up Men’s tasks as animation
Monitoring, Reporting, & Validation (MRV) for lowering carbon emissions – prioritizing multiple factors – social equity + lowering emissions, so need to engage in discussion about social indicators for monitoring gender parity, as social outcomes are also important.