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MostMarginalized
WomenEP people in Rural Areas
People & comms
affected by disaster &
environmental change
Most marginalized
in urban areas
CARE Bangladesh Programming Framework
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Women’s Empowerment-Theory of Change
CARE Bangladesh Impact Statement on the most Socially,
Economically and Politically Marginalized Women
Women will be empowered by:
Exercise of greater choice in decisions affecting their lives
Reduced violence against women
Strong Social movements built on women's solidarity and participation of men
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CARE Bangladesh Strategic Directions
Economic EmpowermentImproved access to dignified employment for the poorest and most marginalized, especially women; markets for their products; information & services for their economic activities; and technical support for their entrepreneurial initiatives.
Goal of the ProjectGoal of the Project35,000 targeted landless and smallholding households mostly women in North and
Northwestern Bangladesh have increased incomes and more sustainable livelihoods through incorporation into a strengthened
milk value chain (2007-2011)
Increase production by improving access to inputs, markets, and services by mobilizing groups of poor producers and input service provider
Improve the milk collection system in rural and remote areas
Improve the breeding/Artificial Insemination (AI) network
Ensure access to quality animal health services at the producer level
Improve the policy environment.
Objectives of the ProjectObjectives of the Project
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Gender Analysis of the Dairy Value ChainHighlighted the different position of men and women across the chain and addressing issues of power reflected in the production and exchange relationships
Main Challenges
Women and their HHs are not organized into groups to take advantage of training and other information.
Women and girls consume less milk in the household than their male counterparts.
Women do not have decision making authority on the livestock assets especially large ruminants.
Gender roles and tradition limit women’s opportunities as dairy producers, collector, processors, livestock health worker and input seller
Equal opportunities for independent women entrepreneurs cannot be found and leveraged.
Women are overburdened as housekeepers, Small Scale Producers and day labourers
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Strategies
• Start with a few but being reflective on women barriers in the field
and address those accordingly
• Introduce successful women farmer leaders and entrepreneurs as
model for others (“Change agents”)
• Take positive discrimination for women (e.g. No training fees from
women LHW, more refreshers)
• Work with family member and community elites of prospective
women farmer leaders and entrepreneurs for motivating and
reducing the work load for them
• LHW association