{"id":6738,"date":"2018-03-09T08:44:53","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T08:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web2020.livelihoods.eu\/?p=6738"},"modified":"2018-03-09T08:44:53","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T08:44:53","slug":"women-the-leading-actors-of-livelihoods-funds-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livelihoods.eu\/fr\/women-the-leading-actors-of-livelihoods-funds-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Women: the leading actors of Livelihoods Funds&rsquo; projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row type=\u00a0\u00bbin_container\u00a0\u00bb full_screen_row_position=\u00a0\u00bbmiddle\u00a0\u00bb scene_position=\u00a0\u00bbcenter\u00a0\u00bb text_color=\u00a0\u00bbdark\u00a0\u00bb text_align=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb overlay_strength=\u00a0\u00bb0.3&Prime;][vc_column column_padding=\u00a0\u00bbno-extra-padding\u00a0\u00bb column_padding_position=\u00a0\u00bball\u00a0\u00bb background_color_opacity=\u00a0\u00bb1&Prime; background_hover_color_opacity=\u00a0\u00bb1&Prime; column_shadow=\u00a0\u00bbnone\u00a0\u00bb width=\u00a0\u00bb1\/1&Prime; tablet_text_alignment=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb phone_text_alignment=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb column_border_width=\u00a0\u00bbnone\u00a0\u00bb column_border_style=\u00a0\u00bbsolid\u00a0\u00bb][vc_column_text]<strong>Women are everywhere in Livelihoods Funds&rsquo; projects: leading the planting campaigns to feed their family, improving the farm revenue or their own workload through improved cookstoves. Individually and even more collectively, women are the driving force of the change in most of Livelihoods Funds\u2019 projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America. We are so honored to celebrate their leadership on the Women Day with an example in Kenya<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=\u00a0\u00bbin_container\u00a0\u00bb full_screen_row_position=\u00a0\u00bbmiddle\u00a0\u00bb scene_position=\u00a0\u00bbcenter\u00a0\u00bb text_color=\u00a0\u00bbdark\u00a0\u00bb text_align=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb overlay_strength=\u00a0\u00bb0.3&Prime;][vc_column column_padding=\u00a0\u00bbno-extra-padding\u00a0\u00bb column_padding_position=\u00a0\u00bball\u00a0\u00bb background_color_opacity=\u00a0\u00bb1&Prime; background_hover_color_opacity=\u00a0\u00bb1&Prime; column_shadow=\u00a0\u00bbnone\u00a0\u00bb width=\u00a0\u00bb1\/1&Prime; tablet_text_alignment=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb phone_text_alignment=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb column_border_width=\u00a0\u00bbnone\u00a0\u00bb column_border_style=\u00a0\u00bbsolid\u00a0\u00bb][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Women pave the way for more resilient agriculture in Mount Elgon- Kenya<\/h3>\n<p>In Kenya, women are responsible for most of the activities in dairy production: feeding, milking, surveillance of the cows. They sometimes have to walk over long distances to find feed and water for the cows and spend hours looking after the animals. Women also have to deal with domestic chores, which include collecting water and firewood, and take care of their family. All these time-consuming and non-remunerated tasks hinder women\u2019s access to education and other income-generating activities, which keeps them away from decision-making in the household and even in the community.<\/p>\n<p>In the Mount Elgon region, more and more women are striving to change this situation. To support this momentum, the Livelihoods-Mount Elgon project brings together the necessary conditions to give women equal access to training and leadership positions in dairy cooperatives.<\/p>\n<p>In the Livelihoods-Mount Elgon project, 30,000 family farms will have access to training on sustainable farming practices and benefit from more efficient connection to markets. The project leverages the existing social dynamics in farmers\u2019 groups to reach the largest number of women. Training hours and modalities have been adapted to women\u2019s activities and constraints to ensure their active participation. Since the project started in 2016, <strong>more than 10,000 women have already been trained \u200b\u200bon sustainable farming practices<\/strong> which aim at durably\u200b increasing\u200b\u200b yield and milk production with crop diversification, cow efficient feeding, watering &amp; breeding\u200b. In this way, women are becoming professional farmers who can manage their farms on the long-run.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=\u00a0\u00bbin_container\u00a0\u00bb full_screen_row_position=\u00a0\u00bbmiddle\u00a0\u00bb scene_position=\u00a0\u00bbcenter\u00a0\u00bb text_color=\u00a0\u00bbdark\u00a0\u00bb text_align=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb overlay_strength=\u00a0\u00bb0.3&Prime;][vc_column column_padding=\u00a0\u00bbno-extra-padding\u00a0\u00bb column_padding_position=\u00a0\u00bball\u00a0\u00bb background_color_opacity=\u00a0\u00bb1&Prime; background_hover_color_opacity=\u00a0\u00bb1&Prime; column_shadow=\u00a0\u00bbnone\u00a0\u00bb width=\u00a0\u00bb1\/2&Prime; tablet_text_alignment=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb phone_text_alignment=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb column_border_width=\u00a0\u00bbnone\u00a0\u00bb column_border_style=\u00a0\u00bbsolid\u00a0\u00bb][image_with_animation image_url=\u00a0\u00bb6729&Prime; alignment=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb animation=\u00a0\u00bbFade In\u00a0\u00bb img_link_large=\u00a0\u00bbyes\u00a0\u00bb box_shadow=\u00a0\u00bbnone\u00a0\u00bb max_width=\u00a0\u00bb100%\u00a0\u00bb][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\u00a0\u00bbno-extra-padding\u00a0\u00bb column_padding_position=\u00a0\u00bball\u00a0\u00bb background_color_opacity=\u00a0\u00bb1&Prime; background_hover_color_opacity=\u00a0\u00bb1&Prime; column_shadow=\u00a0\u00bbnone\u00a0\u00bb width=\u00a0\u00bb1\/2&Prime; tablet_text_alignment=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb phone_text_alignment=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb column_border_width=\u00a0\u00bbnone\u00a0\u00bb column_border_style=\u00a0\u00bbsolid\u00a0\u00bb][image_with_animation image_url=\u00a0\u00bb5669&Prime; alignment=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb animation=\u00a0\u00bbFade In\u00a0\u00bb img_link_large=\u00a0\u00bbyes\u00a0\u00bb box_shadow=\u00a0\u00bbnone\u00a0\u00bb max_width=\u00a0\u00bb100%\u00a0\u00bb][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=\u00a0\u00bbin_container\u00a0\u00bb full_screen_row_position=\u00a0\u00bbmiddle\u00a0\u00bb scene_position=\u00a0\u00bbcenter\u00a0\u00bb text_color=\u00a0\u00bbdark\u00a0\u00bb text_align=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb overlay_strength=\u00a0\u00bb0.3&Prime;][vc_column column_padding=\u00a0\u00bbno-extra-padding\u00a0\u00bb column_padding_position=\u00a0\u00bball\u00a0\u00bb background_color_opacity=\u00a0\u00bb1&Prime; background_hover_color_opacity=\u00a0\u00bb1&Prime; column_shadow=\u00a0\u00bbnone\u00a0\u00bb width=\u00a0\u00bb1\/1&Prime; tablet_text_alignment=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb phone_text_alignment=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb column_border_width=\u00a0\u00bbnone\u00a0\u00bb column_border_style=\u00a0\u00bbsolid\u00a0\u00bb][vc_column_text]Women in the project express a strong will to have equal share of responsibilities and benefits for men and women. A \u201cHousehold Roadmap\u201d, an innovative tool, has therefore been designed to support them in reaching this goal. It namely identifies areas of improvement in the workload, roles and responsibilities between husband and wife. With this tool, women get a better recognition of their contributions to the household and they can build a shared vision for its development. For example, with a \u201cHousehold Roadmap\u201d, husband and wife identify different levers to relieve the woman\u2019s workload: investment in on-farm feed production, a borehole\u2026 After only one year, <strong>over 1,000 families have already volunteered to elaborate their \u201cHousehold Roadmaps\u201d<\/strong>, showing that women\u2019s struggle for more equity is slowly but surely finding its way.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, in the project zone, the dairy activity is organized through cooperatives in which women are generally under-represented, particularly at leadership and decision-making positions. The project fosters<strong> women\u2019s participation in the governance of the cooperatives<\/strong> by providing them with training on management and leadership and by strengthening the cooperatives\u2019 by-laws to implement gender balance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Livelihoods-Mount Elgon project will be monitored over a 10-year span to ensure it delivers tangible results<\/strong>, namely in supporting the women in their journey towards more equity. This Livelihoods Carbon Fund\u2019s project is implemented in the field by Vi Agroforestry, a local NGO, and is supported by Brookside, a Kenyan dairy company.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=\u00a0\u00bbin_container\u00a0\u00bb full_screen_row_position=\u00a0\u00bbmiddle\u00a0\u00bb scene_position=\u00a0\u00bbcenter\u00a0\u00bb text_color=\u00a0\u00bbdark\u00a0\u00bb text_align=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb overlay_strength=\u00a0\u00bb0.3&Prime;][vc_column column_padding=\u00a0\u00bbno-extra-padding\u00a0\u00bb column_padding_position=\u00a0\u00bball\u00a0\u00bb background_color_opacity=\u00a0\u00bb1&Prime; background_hover_color_opacity=\u00a0\u00bb1&Prime; column_shadow=\u00a0\u00bbnone\u00a0\u00bb width=\u00a0\u00bb1\/1&Prime; tablet_text_alignment=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb phone_text_alignment=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb column_border_width=\u00a0\u00bbnone\u00a0\u00bb column_border_style=\u00a0\u00bbsolid\u00a0\u00bb][vc_column_text]<a href=\"https:\/\/livelihoods.eu\/fr\/projects\/mount-elgon-kenya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more about the Livelihoods- Mount-Elgon project<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Discover the video of the project:[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=\u00a0\u00bbin_container\u00a0\u00bb full_screen_row_position=\u00a0\u00bbmiddle\u00a0\u00bb scene_position=\u00a0\u00bbcenter\u00a0\u00bb text_color=\u00a0\u00bbdark\u00a0\u00bb text_align=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb overlay_strength=\u00a0\u00bb0.3&Prime;][vc_column column_padding=\u00a0\u00bbno-extra-padding\u00a0\u00bb column_padding_position=\u00a0\u00bball\u00a0\u00bb background_color_opacity=\u00a0\u00bb1&Prime; 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Individually and even more collectively, women are the driving force of the change [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livelihoods.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6738\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livelihoods.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livelihoods.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livelihoods.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livelihoods.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=6738"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/livelihoods.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6738\/revisions\/"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6741,"href":"https:\/\/livelihoods.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6738\/revisions\/6741\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livelihoods.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=6738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livelihoods.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=6738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livelihoods.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=6738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}