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Annex 24.2 Outreach of BGP to women: estimate of women who became empowered due to BGP activities
From Blue Gold Program Wiki
Criteria (at least one to be met):
- Women who got more knowledge and skills, and did apply
- Women whose income increased / contributed to increased hh income --> more decison-making and increased well-being
- Women in leadership positions, other than being "paper members"
- 4.Women who increased interactions with others, improved mobility and with greater social networks
NB: women who only became WMG member, without participating in other activities, are excluded, as WMG membership alone seems not enough to become empowered. The same applies for women who only attended Farmers Fields Days or other demonstrations.
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Activity | # of women participants | Assumption on % of women being empowered | Basis for assumption | # of women empowered | factor to compensate multiple participation | Net # of women empowered | Explanation for multiple participation factor (women participating in more than one activity) |
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Women in homestead FFS (cycle 1 - 15) | 25,856 | 0.75 | At end of these FFS uptake was often 80-90%, but not all women continued applying; in later cycles women better empowered due to inclusion of gender messages | 19392 | 0.95 | 18422 | Women should have participated in only one FFS group, however, some multiple participation seems to have occurred |
Women in crop FFS, but mainly involved in homestead and nutrition modules | 24,600 | 0.65 | Specific modules for women, more stereotype, hence somewhat lower % of women empowered than in above homestead FFS | 15990 | 0.95 | 15191 | see above |
Women in CAWM FFS | 3,550 | 0.75 | CAWM FFS were held for aman and rabi crops, hence longer duration and higher empowerment rate than above | 2663 | 0.95 | 2529 | see above |
Women in market oriented FFS (MFS) | 1,131 | 0.85 | Each women structurally participated in MFS on 2 topics, hence higher rate of empowerment | 961 | 0.95 | 913 | see above |
Women in EC positions in the 511 WMGs in 2019 | 2,044 | 0.85 | Due to women quota, not all women are automatically empowered, but in recent years better than in first years of BGP | 1737 | 0.75 | 1303 | some overlap (estimated 25%) assumed with women who participated in FFS |
Women in EC positions in first years of BGP time (when 370 WMGs) | 1,480 | 0.65 | In first years of BGP some female EC members were only in place due to quota | 962 | 0.75 | 722 | some overlap (estimated 25%) assumed with women who participated in FFS |
WMG members benefiting from WMG credits for productive activities (IGA) | 5,252 | 0.7 | women who got increased income and otherwise empowered by using the credit | 3676 | 0.5 | 1838 | many women (estimate: 50%) who took a loan might have participated in an FFS |
Women participating in collective actions for economic activities | 25,252 | 0.9 | high proportion empowered as more income / less costs and more interactions / networking | 22727 | 0.5 | 11363 | Many women participating in Collective Actions are likely to also have been in FFS |
Women in FFS / MFS exchanges (horizontal learning) | 7,691 | 0.3 | This is only a single visit, and women may easily be passive participants | 2307 | 0.8 | 1846 | Most participants in FFS exchanges did not participate in FFS or other BGP activities |
Women earning from LCS work | 10,766 | 0.5 | This is not empowering for all LCS women, assumed 50% (adjust after review LCS study) | 5383 | 0.7 | 3768 | Some overlap with FFS participants |
Women in GLD training old approach (3 days) | 699 | 0.75 | Not all women applied what they learned | 524 | 0.3 | 157 | Most women already counted as WMG EC member; remaining were non-EC members with potential |
Women in new GLD training | 9384 | 0.75 | Majority of women take up gender messages due to 5 sessions | 7038 | 0.9 | 6334 | Women selected who did not participate in other BGP activities |
Women in gender courtyard session (1 time event) | 28,396 | 0.25 | Not enough to empower most women participants, but was an eye-opener and inspiration to participate in other BGP activities | 7099 | 0.5 | 3550 | It is assumed that half of the CYS women who got empowered also participated in other BGP activities |
Women in market linkages and women's empowerment training (2 days) | 172 | 0.9 | High proportion of women actually empowered, also due to selection | 155 | 0.9 | 139 | women selected who did not participate in other BGP activities |
Joint UP-BGP workshops on women's empowerment | 120 | 0.9 | strong emphasis on empowerment message, plus handing out seeds, plus follow-up support | 108 | 0.9 | 97 | women selected who did not participate in other BGP activities |
Total | 68173 |
Conclusion: with 185,000 households in BGP polders, women in more than one third (37 %) of all households were empowered to at least some extent, assuming one woman/hh
Sources of data:
- Homestead FFS participants: From dataset on all homestead FFS cycles (1-15)
- Women's participation in training: From training data in chapter 31 on Capacity Building
- Other data: Mostly from the WMG Tracker Report of June 2019.