A Sample Gender Analysis - CRS

A Sample Gender Analysis

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A N A LY S I S

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CRS Ethiopia conducted the gender analysis that led to this abridged version.

ISBN-13: 978-1-61492-118-9 ISBN-10: 1-61492-118-0

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A SAMPLE GENDER ANALYSIS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii

How to Use This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv

Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv

Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

1. Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

2. Research Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3. Findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Household Livelihoods and Food Insecurity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Main sources of livelihood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Contributing factors to household food insecurity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Coping strategies at the household level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Influence of broader institutional structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Health and nutrition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Household Livelihoods . 19 Dimension 1: Self-efficacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Dimension 2: Gendered division of labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Dimension 3: Access and control over resources and decision-making 31 Degree of Gender Responsiveness in DFAP and PSNP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

4. Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Annex 1: Key Gender Definitions and Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Annex 2: The Integral Human Development Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Annex 3: Ethiopia Regional Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Annex 4: Gender Analytical Tools Adapted by the Gender Analysis . . . . . . . . 59

Annex 5: Summary of Focus Group Discussions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Annex 6: Summary Table of Participation of Women and Men in Decision-Making at Household and Community Levels by Zone . . . . . . . . . . . 61

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This study would not have been possible without the contributions and hard work of many individuals. Thanks to Carlos Sanchez (CRS Head of Programs) and Tesfaye Tilahun (CRS Chief of Party) for their leadership and support, and senior management from Hararghe Catholic Secretariat and Wonji Catholic Church for their commitment to the project. Thanks to Tiruset Haile (CRS Ethiopia Gender Officer) for managing the study, and Addisaelm Ambabye (HCS) and Mesert Teka (WCC) for coordinating the field research. We are grateful to Mary Patricia (Trish) Ahern (CRS) and Lisa Kingston (CRS) for their participation and ongoing support for this project. We acknowledge and appreciate the important and timely research and writing of Dr. MarieKatherine Waller (independent consultant). We would like to extend our thanks to members of the HCS and WCC research teams for their hard work and commitment. In addition, we wish to thank the many people who reviewed the final report. CRS Ethiopia would especially like to acknowledge the U.S. Agency for International Development for funding this study and for its own renewed commitment to promoting gender equality and female empowerment. Last but not least, we would like to express our gratitude to the Ethiopian men and women, community members, government staff, and others who contributed their time and energy and shared their stories to make this study possible.

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