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DISCUSSION No. 130 • FSN Forum digest No. 1245
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Transforming gender relations in agriculture through women’s empowerment: benefits, challenges and trade-offs for
improving nutrition outcomes
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until 15 July 2016
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CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED
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Hira
Iftikhar, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Hira points out the link between malnutrition in women and potential economic losses. It is of utmost importance to guarantee
proper female nutrition particularly during pregnancy and lactation because any such discrepancies can “create ripple effects that stretch through generations”.
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Ramani
Wijesinha-Bettoni, FAO, Italy
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Ramani puts at our disposal two FAO sources that mainly respond to question 2: “Are there experiences/strategies that
can help address the issue of women’s time?". She also highlighted that projects need to target families with young children (which are not always automatically included).
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Akmal
Nazir, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Akmal believes that the focus of the discusion should be on the family and not on women specifically because it is the
whole family that is neglected and needs uplifting. He believes that education is key and, should the government launch proper education campaigns for all, the newly educated group would automatically empower and respect women.
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Mohammad
Jafar Emal, IFAD/RMLSP/MAIL, Afghanistan
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Mohammad shares some of his research pertaining to creating other sources of income through backyard poultry raising.
This project offered rural women the possibility of developing an extra source of income.
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Amna
Akhtar, Collective for Social Science Research, Pakistan
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Amna shares that, given their role as care-givers and their generally stronger inclination towards pro-nutrition household
decisions, acknowledging women’s importance in agricultural and household work, and giving them the means to gain more decision-making authority is a big step towards major food security outcomes.
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Paul
Rigterink, Potomac Technical Advisors, United States of America
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Paul shares with us a project focused on giving women the chance to have their own economic endeavors which would allow
them to gain “control of their lives because they will have much more control of the purse strings of their family”.
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