Complicating narratives of women’s food and nutrition insecurity: Domestic violence in rural Bangladesh

Lentz, Erin

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.11.019

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“…Secondly, the children and women should receive their share after the men. Consistent with the finding of Lenz [1]), this can be considered violence in the form of food norms; especially in our case study, where 30% of women were malnourished [21].…”

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confidence: 92%

“…These were the tactics through which women coped with oppression and submission. Tactics describe the strategies that people with little power use to set the rules of the game [1].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Women in highly constrained environments make choices that help them navigate violence, but that also affect their own nutritional and food security. These strategies, not well-documented in the existing literature [1], reveal the complex trade-offs that women make and the limitations they face.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, projects must navigate a complex set of relationships between undernutrition, violence, food, and gender, among others. Engaging community voices about their own complex realities in this decision-making is critically important for understanding the possibilities of development as well as the causes and consequences of food insecurity and malnutrition for the lives of women and men [1]. This paper presents some of the findings regarding the social role of gender drawn from a study of food security problems and family experiences in remote rural zones of Dodoma, Tanzania.…”

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Gender inequality, embedded in sociocultural structures, persists in Tanzania. It is particularly manifest in access to productive resources, income-generating and employment opportunities, time-use, and educational possibilities. Seeking to contribute to the study of gender roles in Tanzania in the context of food insecurity, this paper presents findings regarding the social role of gender drawn from a study of food security problems and family experiences in Dodoma, Tanzania. The methodology comprised two phases: (1) Face-to-face structured interviews with 333 households; and (2) workshops based on TO-Theater of the Oppressed. These two phases were complemented by repeated research stays in the Dodoma region. TO helps to understand the connections between the private universe of families and their narratives about food insecurity. From the voices of community members in Dodoma, we identify aspects of how men and women perceive the food insecurity situation. Results show that there are several contextual factors related to food insecurity at the community level, and that issues related to domestic violence also appear when cultural patrons and gender roles are questioned. Based on theory and the data collected, we seek not only to comprehend how food insecurity and gender roles are interconnected, but also how to think about new forms of public policies that support gender equality among men and women in rural areas. We conclude that transdisciplinary studies on food insecurity can help public policies address complex scenarios, comprising the multiple and conflicting values present in sociocultural issues, while taking into account individual community needs and specificities.Tanzania is primarily a rural country with an agriculture-based economy along with significant rural-urban and regional socio-economic disparities [2]. Here, poverty is primarily a rural issue [3]. Although some specific deprivations are higher in urban areas, generally, monetary deprivation and poverty are highest in rural areas, along with many life dimensions including nutrition, health, protection, education, information, sanitation, water, and housing). Eighty-one percent of rural children are deprived in three or more dimensions, while 33 percent live in poverty; only about 40 percent of urban children are deprived in three or more dimensions [4]. While there are several looming global crises, perhaps the most significant, longest lasting, and most endemic is the food security and chronic hunger crisis [5].The current food insecurity is a consequence of many factors, including biophysical and social vulnerabilities related to climate change, water scarcity, increasing food prices, long-standing governmental neglect of agriculture, and gender inequality. Thus, when approaching the complex issue of food insecurity in Tanzania, it is important to address how these factors interact, including gender inequality [6].Gender inequality, as embedded in sociocultural structures, persists in Tanzania, particularly in terms of access to producti...

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“…These were the tactics through which women coped with oppression and submission. Tactics describe the strategies that people with little power use to set the rules of the game [1].…”

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confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…Sin embargo, el imc clasificado como bajo en mujeres violentadas también podría ser explicado por el hecho de que los agresores a menudo usan los diferentes tipos de violencia para controlar la conducta de los miembros de su familia, entre ellas la comida y su preparación, o la inhabilidad de la mujer para tomar decisiones, incluyendo la elección de los tipos y cantidades de comida que prepara para ella y el resto de la familia (58,59). Esta circunstancia es perpetuada por la idea de la masculinidad vinculada con el honor y la agresión; por el cumplimiento de los múltiples roles que desempeñan las mujeres impuestos por la sociedad; por la aceptación de la violencia como una forma de resolución de conflictos (60-62); y por nociones culturales en las que el hombre es visto como el proveedor de los bienes y quien tiene el rol de la toma de decisiones referentes en el hogar, sin que la mujer tenga voz, lo que perpetúa la desigualdad en las relaciones de pareja.…”

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Relación entre la violencia contra la mujer y el índice de masa corporal: revisión integradora

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Objetivo: el propósito de esta revisión es conocer la evidencia científica existente de la relación entre la violencia contra la mujer (vcm) y su índice de masa corporal (imc) (alto y bajo).Síntesis del contenido: se realizó una revisión integradora de las publicaciones científicas que abordaron y relacionaran la vcm y el imc en diferentes bases de datos. Se consideraron los siete pasos de Cooper. Se analizaron por título, año de publicación, autores y fuente; finalmente, se estudiaron los aspectos metodológi-cos. Se identificaron 85 artículos y se excluyeron 67 por no cumplir con los criterios de inclusión; seis de los artí-culos incluidos en la revisión, reportaron correlación positiva y significativa entre la vcm con el imc alto (sobrepeso/obesidad). Asimismo, siete de los artículos refieren una relación significativa entre la vcm y el imc bajo, de tal manera que a mayor violencia contra la mujer, se presenta un imc más bajo en las mujeres.Conclusión: los resultados encontrados muestran la existencia escasa de literatura científica que aborde la temática de la vcm y el imc. Algunos estudios muestran la relación entre la vcm y el imc alto y bajo. Los resultados no son concluyentes, por lo que se requiere generar líneas de acción y atención a las mujeres receptoras de los diferentes tipos de violencia. Objective: the objective of this review is to know the existing scientific evidence of the relation between violence against women and their body mass index (bmi) (underweight, overweight/obese).

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Food insecurity: Discrepancy within Australian couple households

Fry,

Temple

2024

Aust J Social Issues

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Food security remains a global public health priority but there may be bias in the prevalence of household food insecurity, depending upon who answers the questions. Using a cross‐section from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey, we analysed components of food insecurity reported separately by both partners in 718 households, allowing examination of discrepancies among couples. We modelled discrepancy in reports of food insecurity on 8 items using binary logit models for each question and a binomial regression for the number of questions on which there was discrepancy. Among couples who differed on an item, (conditional) discrepancy rates ranged from 71.75% to 85.86%. Females were more likely than males to report food insecurity on most items. Key characteristics associated with discrepancy were female's and male's age, female's education, being born in Australia, renting and male's employment. Male's age and birthplace were associated with discrepancy on more items while male's higher education and being a homeowner were associated with discrepancy on fewer items. Among couples who differed in responses, females were more likely to report food insecurity if they were older or had a disability, if their male partner was younger or had no disability, or if either person had more education than high school. The prevalence of food insecurity among couple households may be underestimated by 7.4 percentage points due to discrepancies in reporting. Discrepancies can reduce the accuracy of measures of food insecurity, impeding the targeting of responses, and lead to a less efficient allocation of resources to combat food insecurity.

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Complicating narratives of women’s food and nutrition insecurity: Domestic violence in rural Bangladesh

Cited by 71 publications

References 31 publications

“They Came Home Over-Empowered”: Identifying Masculinities and Femininities in Food Insecurity Situations in Tanzania

“They Came Home Over-Empowered”: Identifying Masculinities and Femininities in Food Insecurity Situations in Tanzania

Relación entre la violencia contra la mujer y el índice de masa corporal: revisión integradora

Food insecurity: Discrepancy within Australian couple households

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