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NGOs and businesses working together to empower women in the agriculture sector
Good practice and common pitfalls
Michaela Cosijn • International Development Research Officer, CSIRO
23 July 2015
Increasing trend in NGO’s and Businesses working together - markets are key to livelihood resilience and diversification - decreasing donor funding - changing business environment
- triple bottom line and emerging IBM’s - strategic partnerships designed to tackle both internal operational issues and
the external impacts of corporate activity. - bottom up approach of NGO’s and local networks - cross-sharing of innovation
Some examples
• CARE • ActionAid • Oxfam • Catholic Relief
Presentation title • Presenter name
NGO’s working with Businesses
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Sustainable Effective Economic Development (SEED)
NGO’s and businesses working together to empower women by Michaela Cosijn 3 •
•7,200 vulnerable HH in Inhambane Province (43,000 people) •25% FHH & 20% households living with HIV/AIDS) and •At least 60% female •Project funded by CIDA and IrishAid •January 2006 and ended January 2013
Links to market & value chain
Training of parvets or promotor
Training (improve qual quant production)
Livestock (1729, 34%F)
Arts & Crafts (367, 92%F)
Cashew (1200, 50% F)
Group organisation
Finance
(VSLA)
Gender
/ HIV
SEED Strategy and Components
• Value chain analysis with gender focus through systems approach
• Identification of private sector partners committed to WEE and dialogue
• Identification of WEE interventions and mechanisms of engaging with women
• Define shared values
• Clearly defining roles of NGO and PS
• Ensuring model is sustainable and activities identified are completed: - Production – how to improve quality and quantity
- input supply – who can?
- financing - who needs? And where from?
- payment for services,
- purchasing
• Good M&E systems which track progress and whether women are engaging
• On-going dialogue about effectiveness of intervention
NGO’s and businesses working together to empower women by Michaela Cosijn
Good Practice
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• Capacity building NGO & Business
• Communication • Language
• Trust between NGO’s and business (and confidentiality) • Differing timeframes
• NGO’s donor demands
• Private sector shorter term
• Finances – who pays?
• NGO’s becoming businesses? Exit strategy for NGO
• Changing the behaviours and beliefs of:
Men, boys and power holders in communities;
Private sector actors traders, buyers, financiers and input suppliers;
Government officials and civil society
• Leadership
NGO’s and businesses working together to empower women by Michaela Cosijn
Common challenges
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Challenges & Solutions for Women’s Engagement
• Female literacy is much lower and
need a basic literacy component
• Female engagement in VC (e.g. labour constraints)
• Male dominance in VC
• Limited mobility to engage in markets
NGO’s and businesses working together to empower women by Michaela Cosijn
Group trainings, VSLA system, visual & oral material Analysis of “right” value chains for women (e.g. chickens & goats, crafts, cashew), women’s groups, timing Identify new VC or entry points (cashew processing) New / mobile market location or intermediaries, mobiles
Contact details: Michaela Cosijn Email: [email protected] TEL. +61 7 38335579 / +61477383591 www.foodsystemsinnovation.org.au
• ADD BUSINESS UNIT/FLAGSHIP NAME
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