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Theory of Change: How will we address poverty?
CARE helpscommunitiesachievelong-termreductionsin povertyby…
Developinghumancapacity &providingeconomicopportunity
addressingsocialinjustice& inequity
With a focus on marginalizedwomen & girls
Demonstrating a long-termcommitment to the community
Addressing all threecomponents of the Unifying Framework
leveraging our areas of expertise, informed by ourdeep understanding of community needs
Measuring impact and advocating for policy change
Addressing basichuman conditionsthrough sectoralinterventions
Addressing powerimbalances resultingfrom• Poor governance• Gender inequities• Discrimination• Social and economic exclusion
Understanding that women and girls are the most vulnerable, with the strongestimpact on wholecommunities’ well-being
Acknowledging that working with men and boys will becrucial to our ongoing work
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CARE Bangladesh Mission
CARE Bangladesh amplifies the voices of the poor
and the marginalized in ways that influence public
opinion, development practice, and policy at all
levels. This happens as knowledge drawn from our
grass roots and global experience is channeled
through purposeful relationships with civil society,
government, and the private sector.
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Women’s Empowerment-Theory of Change
CARE Bangladesh Impact Statement on the most Socially,
Economically and Politically Marginalized Women
Women will be empowered by:
Exercise of
greater choice
in decisions
affecting their
lives
Reduced
violence
against
women
Strong
Social movements
built on women's
solidarity and
participation of men
+ X
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CARE Bangladesh Strategic Directions (2007-2011)
Organizational
Relevance
More influential in
addressing the
underlying causes of
poverty, more
legitimate in the eyes
of local civil society,
more accountable to
communities & more
flexible & competitive
in a maturing NGO
market.
Economic
Empowerment
Improved access to
dignified employment
for the poorest and
most marginalized,
especially women;
markets for their
products; information
& services for their
economic activities;
and technical support
for their
entrepreneurial
initiatives.
Learning Culture
A culture that
promotes learning,
knowledge sharing,
and excellence in
programming,
enabling staff and
partners to
understand,
demonstrate, and
measure impact on
the underlying
causes of poverty
and social exclusion
Goal of the Project
35,000 targeted landless and smallholding households mostly women in North and
Northwestern Bangladesh have increased incomes and more sustainable livelihoods through incorporation into a strengthened
milk value chain (2007-2011)
Increase production by improving access to inputs, markets, and
services by mobilizing groups of poor producers and input service provider
Improve the milk collection system in rural and remote areas
Improve the breeding/Artificial Insemination (AI) network
Ensure access to quality animal health services at the producer level
Improve the policy environment.
Objectives of the Project
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Bangladesh Dairy Value Chain
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Improving Productivity and Capacity
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Gender Analysis of the Dairy Value Chain
Main Challenges
Women and their HHs are not organized into groups to take advantage of training and other information.
Women and girls consume less milk in the household than their male counterparts.
Women do not have decision making authority on the livestock assets especially large ruminants.
Gender roles and tradition limit women’s opportunities as dairy producers, collector, processors, livestock health worker and input seller
Equal opportunities for women employees are limited, and employers are often not open to hiring women
Women are overburdened as housekeepers, Small Scale Producers and day labourers
Equal opportunities for independent women entrepreneurs cannot be found and leveraged.
Farmer & Farmer Leader
Milk Collector
Livestock Health Worker
Community Feed Seller
Vet Medicine Shopkeeper
SDCV facilitates
women engagement
as
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• Women farmer leaders are successfully leading 67% of farmer groups including mixed group
• Social acceptance has changed on women role. Many are “change agents”
• They provide basic animal husbandry and feeding advice to group members and the community, including men.
• Women’s knowledge and opinions on animal husbandry are increasingly valued in the community.
• Changed the view of women role in unprecedented entrepreneurship (Livestock Health Worker and milk collector)
• Women engagement in dealing with other livestock inputs
Improving Productivity and Capacity
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What we have done differently
• Strong platform of solidarity in the community. Many women has
emerged as “change agents”.
• Introduce successful women farmer leaders and entrepreneurs as
model for others
• Being reflective on women barriers in the field and address those
accordingly
• Take positive discrimination for women (e.g. No training fees from
women LHW)
• Work with family member of prospective women farmer leaders
and entrepreneurs for motivating and reducing the work load for
them
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Challenges
• Market incentives and access
• Education and capacity
• Mobility and nature of work (Women LHWs Vs
Women Collector)
• Our limitation
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Baseline captures on decision making and control
Women’s decision-making power
Ranging from decisions to work and to spend income from work
Decisions to take loans from NGOs spending decisions
Control of assets, money, decisions regarding livestock and dairy
management
Women’s mobility
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Some key research questions in the ongoing
mid term evaluation
• Do the women farmers and milk collectors feel that their status has changed in their household and in the community changed since SDVCP participation? If yes, is the change better or worse than before? Why?
• Has the income of the women project participants increase? If it has, who spends the money and how?
• Do the women project participants perceive that they have a better role in decision making in the home? In their community? Why do they perceive so?
• Has there been any change in their confidence, movement in the market place, bargaining and marketing skills? If yes, what factors contributed to the change?
• What are the main obstacles faced by these women with respect to their involvement in the dairy business and in their homes?
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Farmers and Farmer Leaders
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Collective actions
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Milk Collector
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Women LHW
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Women Feed/fodder seller
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THANK YOU
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