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WOMEN EMPOWERMENT THROUGH BEAN FLOURS

Posted by Patricia Onyango on February 24, 2022

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

Posted by Patricia Onyango on January 25, 2022

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

Posted by Patricia Onyango on December 21, 2021

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

Posted by Patricia Onyango on May 27, 2021

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

Posted by Patricia Onyango on September 30, 2020

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

Posted by Patricia Onyango on April 22, 2020

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

Posted by Patricia Onyango on May 30, 2019

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

Posted by Patricia Onyango on September 26, 2018

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

Posted by Administrator on May 7, 2018

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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