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Gender empowerment and parity in East Africa: evidence from climate-smart agriculture in Ethiopia and Kenya

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Title Gender empowerment and parity in East Africa: evidence from climate-smart agriculture in Ethiopia and Kenya
 
Creator Tesfaye, Abonesh
Radeny, Maren A.
Ogada, Maurice J.
Recha, John W.M.
Ambaw, Gebermedihin
Chanana, Nitya
Huyer, Sophia
Demeke, Getamesay
Solomon, Dawit
 
Subject climate-smart agriculture
gender
empowerment
gender equality
agriculture
 
Description The aim of this study is to understand the role of climate-smart villages (CSVs) in promoting genderempowerment and equality in East Africa. This paper uses data collected from 280 and 305 randomlyselected farm household heads in Doyogena (Ethiopia) and Nyando (Kenya), respectively. To analysethe data, the gender empowerment index for climate resilient agriculture (GEI-CRA) and the genderparity index (GPI) were constructed based on guidelines from the literature. In both Doyogena andNyando, households in CSVs scored higher GEI. Comparing men and women in the CSVs, womenwere found to be more empowered compared to men and comparing between the two sites,household heads in Doyogena were more empowered than those in Nyando. Regarding gender parityindex (GPI), in both sites, majority of the women in the empowered households in CSVs were either atequal status with men or even at higher status than men. Thesefindings shed light on the potentialof CSVs in enhancing gender empowerment and promoting gender equality. The positivecontribution of CSVs may guide policymakers to scale up these practices with a better-targetedapproach that recognize and adequately address the implementation of CSA practices so that menand women can equally benefit.
 
Date 2022-12-28
2023-01-03T15:36:44Z
2023-01-03T15:36:44Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Tesfaye A, Radeny M, Ogada MJ, Recha JW, Ambaw G, Chanana N, Huyer S, Demeke G, Solomon D. 2022. Gender empowerment and parity in East Africa: evidence from climate-smart agriculture in Ethiopia and Kenya. Climate and Development.
1756-5529
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126510
https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2022.2154124
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Open Access
 
Format p. 1-11
 
Publisher Informa UK Limited
 
Source Climate and Development