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Spiraling up and down: Mapping women’s empowerment through agricultural interventions using the community capitals framework in rural Ethiopia

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Title Spiraling up and down: Mapping women’s empowerment through agricultural interventions using the community capitals framework in rural Ethiopia
 
Creator Mulema, Annet A.
Boonabaana, Brenda
Debevec, Liza
Nigussie, L.
Alemu, M.
Kaaria, S.
 
Subject gender
empowerment
capital
women
agriculture
 
Description The paper draws on the Community Capitals Framework to frame and analyze the process of rural women’s empowerment through agricultural interventions in two districts of Ethiopia. A blend of qualitative data collection methods comprising group discussions, life histories, and key informant interviews was used. Our study shows that investing in social, human, financial, cultural, natural, physical, and political capitals resulted in increased assets within those capitals and others amongst the beneficiaries. The interaction between capitals builds “power with”, “power within”, “power to” and “power over” in an upward spiral. Specifically, the interaction between social, human and financial capitals is a key entry point to rural women’s empowerment. Cultural capital intermediates the interaction and flow of capital assets during the empowerment process. We argue that empowering women requires an approach that enhances their capability to identify and systematically manage interactions among capitals that foster their voice and agency.
 
Date 2021-01-01
2020-11-12T08:36:00Z
2020-11-12T08:36:00Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Mulema, A., Boonabaana, B., Debevec, L., Nigussie, L., Alemu, M., and Kaaria, S. 2020. Spiraling up and down: Mapping women’s empowerment through agricultural interventions using the community capitals framework in rural Ethiopia, Community Development, DOI: 10.1080/15575330.2020.1838589
1944-7485
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110128
https://doi.org/10.1080/15575330.2020.1838589
 
Language en
 
Rights Other
Limited Access
 
Publisher Informa UK Limited
 
Source Community Development