Gender, access and control of food in the household
Women are responsible for the production and preparation of food in most homes. However, due to traditional norms, they often have limited access to and control over resources and time constraints. When given the opportunity to manage finances, research shows that women are more likely to spend on their family’s nutritional needs as well as healthcare and school fees for children. This section looks at intra-household dynamics and the implications for food security.
- Food insecurity in Zimbabwean households: is gender a factor?
- Some researchers studying household food insecurity only survey the head of a household. They do not ask other household members, including children, about their experiences of food insecurity. Could this approach be overlooking important differences in food security within households, for example between girls and boys?
Latest Documents
- Access, Adoption, and Diffusion: Understanding the Long-term Impacts of Improved Vegetable and Fish Technologies in Bangladesh
- International Food Policy Research Institute, 2010
- Malnutrition continues to be a serious problem in Bangladesh. In 1996–1997, households were surveyed in three sites to examine the effects of the adoption (two years prior) of new vegetable varieties and polyculture fishpond man...
- Gender, Food Security and AIDS in Internally Displaced People's Camps in Uganda: implications for HIV Responsive Policy and Programming
- International Food Policy Research Institute, 2008
- This two-page brief provides an overview of research conducted in 2007-08 into the interactions between gender relations, HIV and AIDS and food security in war-affected communities in Northern Uganda. Firstly it reviews the policy and...
- Agricultural livelihoods and nutrition - exploring the links with women in Zambia
- Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, 2010
- This article examines women's agricultural livelihoods, food security and nutrition in five villages across three districts in the Western Province, Zambia in 2009. The aim of the research commissioned by Concern Worldwide (UK) was to...
- Gender inequality, mothers' health, and unequal distribution of food: experience from a CARE project in India
- Suniti Neogy / Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, 2010
- This article features the project Inner Spaces Outer Faces Imitative (ISOFI) which aims to improve maternal and new born health outcomes in rural Uttar Pradesh, primarily by challenging gender norms which prevent equal distribution of...
- Gender: A Key Dimension Linking Agricultural Programs to Improved Nutrition and Health
- International Food Policy Research Institute, 2011
- This four-page brief highlights the need for a gender equitable approach to standard agricultural development strategies in order to in improve the livelihoods and well-being of rural poor. Evidence shows that increasing women's...
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