PASHFARM Project Research Paper Review Workshop (17-19 September 2024)

Session

Analysis of the Food Retail Systems in Cameroon and Rwanda through a Gender Lens: Policies, Drivers, Barriers, and Healthy Food Outcomes

19 Sept 2024, 13:50

Zoom (Virtual)

Description

Presenter: Fatima Kareem, Akademiya2063, Rwanda
Peer Discussant: Martin Paul Jr Tabe-Ojong
Resource Person: Linnet Henry
PSC Member: Tom Ondicho

19. Intra-Household Gender Dynamics and Diet Diversification: Experiences of Informal Rural and Urban Settlements in Rwanda

Economics Papers : Mid-Review

Abstract:
This paper undertakes a gender analysis of the diet habits of households in informal settlements in rural and urban Rwanda to explore how gender roles and control over decision-making influence household diet varieties, nutrition spending, food allocation, and food purchase decisions. Literature on gender and intra-household nutrition dynamics has depicted a positive relationship...

17. Intrahousehold Gender and Power Dynamics, and the Willingness to Pay for Fortified Maize Flour and Biofortified Beans in Rwanda

Gender Papers : Final Review

This study investigates how intrahousehold gender and power dynamic affect spouses’ willingness to want to allocate resources and purchase relatively expensive fortified maize flour and biofortified beans in informal settlements in Rwanda. It also assesses how increased in intrahousehold power dynamics in relation to income influence mothers’ and fathers’ their willingness to purchase the...