Spiraling up and down: Mapping women’s empowerment through agricultural interventions using the community capitals framework in rural Ethiopia

The paper draws on the Community Capitals Framework to frame and analyze the process of rural women’s empowerment through agricultural interventions in two districts of Ethiopia. A blend of qualitative data collection methods comprising group discussions, life histories, and key informant interviews...

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Autores principales: Mulema, Annet A., Boonabaana, Brenda, Debevec, Liza, Nigussie, L., Alemu, M., Kaaria, S.
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Publicado: Informa UK Limited 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110128
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author Mulema, Annet A.
Boonabaana, Brenda
Debevec, Liza
Nigussie, L.
Alemu, M.
Kaaria, S.
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Boonabaana, Brenda
Debevec, Liza
Kaaria, S.
Mulema, Annet A.
Nigussie, L.
author_facet Mulema, Annet A.
Boonabaana, Brenda
Debevec, Liza
Nigussie, L.
Alemu, M.
Kaaria, S.
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description The paper draws on the Community Capitals Framework to frame and analyze the process of rural women’s empowerment through agricultural interventions in two districts of Ethiopia. A blend of qualitative data collection methods comprising group discussions, life histories, and key informant interviews was used. Our study shows that investing in social, human, financial, cultural, natural, physical, and political capitals resulted in increased assets within those capitals and others amongst the beneficiaries. The interaction between capitals builds “power with”, “power within”, “power to” and “power over” in an upward spiral. Specifically, the interaction between social, human and financial capitals is a key entry point to rural women’s empowerment. Cultural capital intermediates the interaction and flow of capital assets during the empowerment process. We argue that empowering women requires an approach that enhances their capability to identify and systematically manage interactions among capitals that foster their voice and agency.
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spelling CGSpace1101282025-03-11T09:50:20Z Spiraling up and down: Mapping women’s empowerment through agricultural interventions using the community capitals framework in rural Ethiopia Mulema, Annet A. Boonabaana, Brenda Debevec, Liza Nigussie, L. Alemu, M. Kaaria, S. gender empowerment capital women agriculture women's empowerment gender equality rural communities social capital human capital natural capital cultural capital collective action social networks livelihood diversification off farm employment financing infrastructure political aspects households decision making The paper draws on the Community Capitals Framework to frame and analyze the process of rural women’s empowerment through agricultural interventions in two districts of Ethiopia. A blend of qualitative data collection methods comprising group discussions, life histories, and key informant interviews was used. Our study shows that investing in social, human, financial, cultural, natural, physical, and political capitals resulted in increased assets within those capitals and others amongst the beneficiaries. The interaction between capitals builds “power with”, “power within”, “power to” and “power over” in an upward spiral. Specifically, the interaction between social, human and financial capitals is a key entry point to rural women’s empowerment. Cultural capital intermediates the interaction and flow of capital assets during the empowerment process. We argue that empowering women requires an approach that enhances their capability to identify and systematically manage interactions among capitals that foster their voice and agency. 2021-01-01 2020-11-12T08:36:00Z 2020-11-12T08:36:00Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110128 en Limited Access Informa UK Limited Mulema, A. A., Boonabaana, B., Debevec, L., Nigussie, L., Alemu, M., & Kaaria, S. (2020). Spiraling up and down: Mapping women’s empowerment through agricultural interventions using the community capitals framework in rural Ethiopia. In Community Development (Vol. 52, Issue 1, pp. 113–130). Informa UK Limited. https://doi.org/10.1080/15575330.2020.1838589
spellingShingle gender
empowerment
capital
women
agriculture
women's empowerment
gender equality
rural communities
social capital
human capital
natural capital
cultural capital
collective action
social networks
livelihood diversification
off farm employment
financing
infrastructure
political aspects
households
decision making
Mulema, Annet A.
Boonabaana, Brenda
Debevec, Liza
Nigussie, L.
Alemu, M.
Kaaria, S.
Spiraling up and down: Mapping women’s empowerment through agricultural interventions using the community capitals framework in rural Ethiopia
title Spiraling up and down: Mapping women’s empowerment through agricultural interventions using the community capitals framework in rural Ethiopia
title_full Spiraling up and down: Mapping women’s empowerment through agricultural interventions using the community capitals framework in rural Ethiopia
title_fullStr Spiraling up and down: Mapping women’s empowerment through agricultural interventions using the community capitals framework in rural Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Spiraling up and down: Mapping women’s empowerment through agricultural interventions using the community capitals framework in rural Ethiopia
title_short Spiraling up and down: Mapping women’s empowerment through agricultural interventions using the community capitals framework in rural Ethiopia
title_sort spiraling up and down mapping women s empowerment through agricultural interventions using the community capitals framework in rural ethiopia
topic gender
empowerment
capital
women
agriculture
women's empowerment
gender equality
rural communities
social capital
human capital
natural capital
cultural capital
collective action
social networks
livelihood diversification
off farm employment
financing
infrastructure
political aspects
households
decision making
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110128
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