Policies of Gender Equality in Ethiopia: The Transformative Perspective

Bekana, Dejene Mamo

doi:10.1080/01900692.2019.1628060

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“…This result confirms that women’s social status impacts child nutritional status. This finding has paramount public health importance in countries like Ethiopia because gender norms are existed and practiced in women’s daily life and there are social and cultural norms that restrict women's ability to make choices [ 39 , 40 ]. In agreement with our finding, a literature review on associations between women’s autonomy and child nutrition by Carlson et al 2015, indicated a significant association between social independence and childhood stunting [ 41 ].…”

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Women’s empowerment and child growth faltering in Ethiopia: evidence from the Demographic and Health Survey

Mekonnen

Odo²,

Nigatu

et al. 2021

BMC Women's Health

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Background Despite numerous national and international efforts to alleviate child growth faltering, it remains a global health challenge. There is a growing body of literature that recognizes the importance of women’s empowerment in a wide range of public health topics, such as the utilization of maternal healthcare services, agricultural productivity, and child nutrition. However, in Ethiopia, the relationship between women’s empowerment and child nutritional status is not studied at the national level. This study aimed to determine the association between women’s empowerment and growth faltering in under-5 children in Ethiopia. Methods The data source for this analysis is the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS): a nationally representative household survey on healthcare. The EDHS employed a two-stage stratified cluster sampling technique. We computed standard women’s empowerment indices, following the Survey-based Women’s emPowERment index approach. A multilevel logistic regression model that accounted for cluster-level random effects was used to estimate the association between women’s empowerment and child growth faltering (stunting, wasting and underweight). Results Attitude to violence, social independence, and decision-making were the three domains of women’s empowerment that were associated with child growth faltering. One standard deviation increase in each domain of empowerment was associated with a reduction in the odds of stunting: attitude towards violence (AOR = 0.92; 95% CI 0.88–0.96; p < 0.001), social independence (AOR = 0.95; 95% CI 0.89–0.99; p = 0.049), and decision-making (AOR = 0.93; 95% CI 0.87–0.99; p = 0.023). Similarly, each standard deviation increase in attitude towards violence (AOR = 0.93; 95% CI 0.89–0.98; p = 0.008), social independence (AOR = 0.91; 95% CI 0.86–0.97; p = 0.002), and decision-making (AOR = 0.92; 95% CI 0.86–0.99; p = 0.020) were associated with a decrease in the odds of having underweight child. Conclusions Ensuring women’s empowerment both in the household and in the community could have the potential to decrease stunting and underweight in a rapidly developing country like Ethiopia. Policymakers and health professionals need to consider women’s empowerment in this unique context to improve nutritional outcomes for children and alleviate growth faltering.

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confidence: 99%

Women’s empowerment and child growth faltering in Ethiopia: evidence from the Demographic and Health Survey

Mekonnen

Odo²,

Nigatu

et al. 2021

BMC Women's Health

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“…A survey of the relevant literature on the effect of gender equality on primary education reveals that inadequate research has been done in this critical area of study. Related research has been carried out by Bekana (2020). The findings in all these studies disclose a positive and significant relationship between the respective variables under study.…”

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“…Given that gender attributes are socially constructed means that they are also amenable to change in ways that can make a society more just and equitable. Gender equality is the view that men and women should receive equal treatment, and should not be discriminated against based on gender, unless there is a sound biological reason for different treatment (Bekana, 2020). Gender equality is understood as measurable equal representation of women and men but does not suggest that women and men are the same, but that they have equal value and should be accorded equal treatment (Munene & Wambiya, 2019).…”

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Gender equality and the effectiveness of primary education in Katosi town council, Mukono district in central Uganda

Amoding

Mwesigwa

2021

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Purpose: This study aimed to assess ways by which Gender Equality affects primary education in Mukono District Research methodology: This study is a case study that concentrates on a single institute to provide information that can be used in similar businesses to establish the effect of gender equality on primary school. A case study as the research design was preferred because it helps to measure the relationship among variables. A random sampling technique was applied in the study to produce more reliable results. Results: Results indicate that majority of pupils said that three pupils shared one text book. Also, schools only hire highly skilled teachers that a helping in the accessibility of gender equal skilled teachers that a helping in the primary education. Limitations: The study covered only one town council in one district local government and so the results may not be generalized across the country or region. Contribution: The results of this study can be useful to educationists and policy planners. Keywords: Gender, Gender equality, Primary schools, UPE

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“…Although both women and men benefit from improved technology availability and adoption, men tend to benefit more due their role as head of the household. The rate of technology uptake in Ethiopia varies between technologies and locations (Bekana, 2020). High and middle income households derive the most benefit from the introduction of new technologies (Assefa, et al, 2018;Aregu et al, 2010) while adoption among poorer households tends to be inhibited by an inability to afford the technology, coupled with the limited availability of credit or savings, and low level of awareness on emerging and relevant technologies.…”

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Scoping study on fruits and vegetables; results from Ethiopia : an assessment of investment opportunities for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation opportunities for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Hengsdijk¹,

Sertse²,

Tesfaye

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Wereldwijd lijdt een op de drie mensen aan een of meer vormen van ondervoeding. De teams van de Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation die zich bezighouden met landbouw en voeding, in samenwerking met het Britse Department for International Development (FCDO), willen het potentieel van groente-en fruitketens onderzoeken om het aanbod van voedzame voedingsmiddelen te vergroten en te versterken, en om de lokale marktkansen voor meer inkomsten te vergroten, speciaal voor vrouwen.Dit rapport belicht de conclusies van een onderzoek in Ethiopia en identificeert verschillende oorzaken en mogelijke interventies om de fruit-en groentesectoren te verbeteren en daarmee de consumptie te verhogen.Currently, one in three of the world's population suffer from one or more forms of malnutrition. The Agricultural Development and Nutrition teams at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in collaboration with the UK's Department for International Development (FCDO), seek to investigate the potential of vegetable and fruit supply chains to increase the supply of and strengthen demand for nutritious foods, as well as increase local market opportunities for increased income, especially for women. This report highlights the conclusions from a study in Ethiopia, and identifies several root causes, as well as opportunities for interventions to further develop the fruit and vegetable sectors, and with that enhance consumption.

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Policies of Gender Equality in Ethiopia: The Transformative Perspective

Cited by 25 publications

References 15 publications

Women’s empowerment and child growth faltering in Ethiopia: evidence from the Demographic and Health Survey

Women’s empowerment and child growth faltering in Ethiopia: evidence from the Demographic and Health Survey

Gender equality and the effectiveness of primary education in Katosi town council, Mukono district in central Uganda

Scoping study on fruits and vegetables; results from Ethiopia : an assessment of investment opportunities for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation opportunities for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

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