1 A series of training sessions, including lectures by experts and group discussions for groups of smallholder farmers to understand and nd solutions to gender issues and to mainstream gender perspectives into the agriculture and livestock sector, supported by Japan.The evaluation team also met empowered women in Kenya. The team drove for a few hours from Nairobi to visit a farm in the Kirinyaga Region, where an ODA project is being implemented to support small-sized family farms. At the farm, about 30 farmers, both male and female, sang and welcomed the team.In Kenya, women have limited access to ownership of land and other productive assets, despite 70% of the farm work being done by women. Moreover, women are responsible for unpaid care and domestic work. The amount of work dedicated to unpaid care and domestic chores negatively affects women's labor productivity. Moreover, not having control over the family income or decision making at home is another factor that discourages women from being productive on the farm.The team visited a project site where gender awareness training1 are being implemented for farmers. The objectives of this training are to have both men and women reconsider their roles and responsibilities without gender-based bias in the household and at work; to understand that both men and women are in charge of the family farm; and to increase efciency and income from farming.At the training, both men and women discussed issues such as unfair burdens placed on women, which include water and wood fetching, and income control by men. After sharing these issues, they discussed fair solutions for both men and women. In an interview with the evaluation team, the farmers said that reducing women's household burdens enhanced their productivity and resulted in increased income of family farms. The project participants also told the team that sharing control over income and expenditure, by both men and women, led to better nancial management. As a result, some farmers were able to start using electricity and gas at home and purchase a motorbike, which is an important means of transport. Some farmers showed the team large cows and a barn that they had purchased with their increased income and savings. Others told the team that once husbands and wives started cooperating on household tasks and farming, their relationships got better. This is a signicant example of gender equality promotion at both work and home.These projects are just a few examples of Japan's ODA in the gender sector, and many other good practices empowering women have been adopted in our partner countries. MOFA wishes to realize a society full of empowered women around the world.Empowered Women at Gender Awareness TrainingKenyaParticipants of gender awareness trainingA barn and the cows purchased with increased income18
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