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WOMEN EMPOWERMENT THROUGH BEAN FLOURS
For reduced market barriers, diversified enterprise and livelihood opportunities, and increased availability of diverse nutrient-rich foods How are bean flours empowering women…
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Empowering women entrepreneurs to deliver quality bean seed in Burundi
Eric Nduwarugira, Nepomuscene Ntukamazina, Blaise Ndabashize, Patricia Onyango, Eileen Nchanji and Jean Claude Rubyogo Common beans are a major food and cash…
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Building resilience for women bean farmers in Kenya in the wake of COVID 19 pandemic
By David Karanja, Patricia Onyango, Owen Kimani, Eileen Nchanji, and Jean Claude Rubyogo When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Kenya, it exacerbated the already struggling…
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Cultural expectations in women’s economic empowerment: Case of women and men farmers in Uganda
By Eileen Nchanji, Grace Nanyonjo, and Isaac Muggaga Common beans are a valuable crop across sub-Saharan Africa, contributing to food nutrition security and income for smallholder farmers. It was considered…
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Women Building Resilience In Sub Saharan Africa
These articles first appeared in the Gender Newsletter dated 30 Sept 2020 by Eileen Nchanji – PABRA Gender Specialist in collaboration…
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Women entrepreneurs empowered through beans – Christella, Sheila
Sheila Alumo, East Africa Development Company, Uganda Sheila Alumo is the Managing Director of the Eastern Agricultural Development Company Ltd…
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Empowering women entrepreneurs to feed the nation
A case of Ms. Christella Ndayishimye from Burundi The political unrest that rocked Burundi in 2015 plunged the country into a crisis of displaced population and food shortage. Through the…
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Sensitization on Gender-responsive nutrition in rural Uganda: A community approach
By Eileen Bogweh Nchanji and Grace Nanyonjo ‘Tell me, and I forget. Teach me, and I remember. Involve me, and I learn.’ Women empowerment is cited as one of the pathways…
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Women drink like our fathers and do not cook like our mothers: deconstructing leisure activities in rural-urban Kenya
By Eileen Nchanji Being in Kenya for barely three months, I was still grasping with the different ways in which gender plays out in the office and country I will…
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