care international: contribution to gender and irrigation session during africa water week
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ARDHI YETUAFRICA WATER WEEK
Gender lenses: Lessons from Same CARE Project
Prepared by:Mary M. Ndaro
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Presentation map• How gender analysis informed the
designing of the project• Aspects of gender equitable Irrigation
interventions in this project• Projects impacts on women
empowerment
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What we knowNapandaela a 63 years old woman living in Bangalala village in Same district speaking of water scramble among villagers she says; In the face of insufficient water to serve all farmers, upstream users and powerful individuals take as much water as they can and leave little for others. Napandaela, a former chairperson of the village’s irrigation committee, says that women such as herself are particularly disadvantaged in the resulting “scramble” for scarce water resources.
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What we know cont• Women's livelihoods rely on natural resources• Highly dependent on water for agriculture and
domestic use. • Strong influence of cultural norms and unequal
distribution and use of rights, resources and power determines individuals’ livelihoods.
• Access and use of water resources is gendered
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CARE Project: GA Gender analysis is central to all CARE programs and projectsParticipation in water committeesDivision of labour- (engaging men)Resource allocation- (livestock, water)Benefits
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Cont.• CARE’s women empowerment framework• Agency: Her own aspirations and capabilities• Structure: The environment that condition her
choices• Relations: Power relations through which she
negotiates her path (norms
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Gender-equitable Irrigation intervention
• Champion farmers:• Mandatory female committee
membership• VSLAs (Village savings and loan
Association)
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Champion farmers• Selected champion farmers and
training them on different skills including women empowerment
• 60 champion farmers, 42 females (68%)
• Encouraging women to attend meetings and scheduling around women convenient times and venues
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Mandatory 40%• Empowered women to participate in
the water user organizations (mandatory 40% women)
• Out of 1389 water management committee members 465 are female (35%). Our goal is to reach 50%
• Women are empowered to speak and make decisions in these meetings and committees
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VSLAs• Training VSLAs on women economic
and social empowerment skills• Encouraging men to support women
in production and domestic chores• 450 VSLA members in Same ( 70%+
of VSLAs members are women)
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Impacts on Women empowerment
• Change in household decision making. As women become less dependent and contribute more to household expenses such as paying school fees for children, their self-esteem rises and they become more of partners in decision making at family level
• Champion farmers working together to form labor-saving groups for practicing soil and water conservation practices (Use VSLAs models)
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• Champion farmers working together to form labor-saving groups for practicing soil and water conservation practices (Use VSLAs models)
• Strengthened local water governance committee – through Water User Association and Village Irrigation Associations – Affirmative action that at least 40% must be women
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Impacts cont.• Increased agriculture productivity has
encouraged women to be engaged in income generating activities resulting to economic empowerment
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Mrs Rizael• “I used to plant crops just haphazardly, my
farm was rough and soil erosion was rampant. But with training from CARE International on double digging, mulching, spacing and “Fanya juu/Fanya chini” things has changed tremendously. I conserve soil and harvest more. Honestly there is no way you can change me from using techniques like double digging. I will indeed remember CARE forever for this”
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Mrs. Rizael in her in flourishing millet farm on a Fanya juu terrace plot
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