Hearing their voices : action research to support women's agency and empowerment in livestock vaccine distribution, delivery, and use in Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya
2023
Amuguni, Hellen | Bikaako, Winnie | Yawe, Agnes | Stanley, Meghan | Mugisha, Anthony
About 752 million of the world's poor keep livestock to produce food, generate income, and build assets. Women (~450 million) represent 2/3rds of low-income livestock keepers. In Rwanda, Kenya, and Uganda, 75-90% of small scale poultry farmers are women. Their flocks are frequently decimated by disease, despite the availability of vaccines. To empower women to effectively contribute and benefit from the vaccine supply chain as entrepreneurs, service/product providers and users, we cast the limelight on the gender related technical, social, cultural, and economic barriers that they encounter and the opportunities therein. Our project focused on systemic transformational change and empowerment for the women in the vaccine value chain through engagement of key critical partners in three countries at national and sub-national levels; analysis of the barriers and opportunities at systems, enterprise and household levels across the VVC; and identification of opportunities to create an enabling environment that would sustain outcomes for women smallholder livestock farmers after the project has ended.
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