Geleta, E.B. and Elabor-Idemudia, P. and Henry, C. and Reggassa, N.
(2017)
The Challenges of empowering women: The experience of pulse innovation project in Southern Ethiopia.
Sage Open, 7 (4).
pp. 1-13.
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Abstract
Within the last two decades, women’s empowerment has been the central theme of international development policy
and practice. This article seeks to elucidate the challenges of integrating gender in a development project to empower
women. Drawing on the wider literature on women’s empowerment, it constructs a framework to analyze the meaning
of empowerment. The article then draws on the framework and empirical data gathered to illuminate the challenges of
integrating gender in a pulse innovation project, implemented in Southern Ethiopia. The article elucidates gender hierarchies
that limit the extent of women’s involvement in crop production processes. It demonstrates social and cultural factors
that restrict women from fully participating in high value pulse markets and their involvement in production and exchange
decision-making. It also illustrates how existing social networks, relations, and links disadvantage women. The article then
recommends solutions to help facilitate the integration of gender in the project toward the empowerment of women.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Empowerment, gender integration, pulse, production, markets, participation, decision-making |
| Author Affiliation: |
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada |
| Subjects: |
Social Sciences |
| Divisions: |
General |
| Depositing User: |
Mr T L Gautham
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| Date Deposited: |
28 Aug 2018 07:53 |
| Last Modified: |
28 Aug 2018 07:53 |
| URI: |
http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/15585 |
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