Women's empowerment in cotton growing, a case in Northern Benin

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Article de revue scientifique de Faridath ABOUDOU and Michel FOK - 2018

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Année de publication
2018
Auteur(s)
Faridath ABOUDOU and Michel FOK
Titre du document
Women's empowerment in cotton growing, a case in Northern Benin
Titre en anglais
Women's empowerment in cotton growing, a case in Northern Benin
Adresse email de l'auteur
michel.fok@ciraf.fr
Adresse URL
http://www.slire.net/download/2613/jgafs-412019-2-paper.pdf
Journal ou Magazine
Journal of Gender, Agriculture and Food Security
Numéro du journal ou du magazine
1
Volume
4
Pays concerné(s)
Bénin
Thésaurus associé(s)
Colire
ESPEs-Africa
Performon
Mots-clé(s) Colire
Contribution des femmes à la production
Travaux au champ des femmes
Effets de la contribution des femmes à la production
Egalité homme/femme
Réduction de la pauvreté
Charge de travail des femmes
Revenu des femmes
Estimation du revenu
Revenu coton
Mots-clé(s) ESPEs-Africa
Place et rôle des femmes
Accès au crédit
Accès aux intrants
Egalité et équité
Mots-clé(s) Performon
1.1.4 Adaptation aux facteurs socio-économiques
1.1.4.2. Analyser l’état et les conditions de production familiale de coton
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2020-09-22
Modifié le
2020-09-22
Administré par
Fok Michel

Résumé
In Africa, a few studies indicate that women have managed to embark upon cash cropping to improve their financial status, but none has ever thoroughly addressed the case of cotton or considered the impacts beyond financial terms. As an illustration of the interrelated dimensions of resource, agency and achievements in women's empowerment, this article addresses the economic and social impacts for women growing cotton and explains them by analyzing the characteristics of these women, in relation to the characteristics of their husbands and of the other women, in the perspective of intra-household negotiations and social norms in men-women role sharing and in the specific context and recent history of cotton production in Benin.
Our study found a noticeable share of 20% of farms where women and their husbands simultaneously earned cotton income and where women spent less time in the fields while enjoying better decision-making power. This new status of income generation and role sharing within households is a win-win situation. It benefitted from a change in social norms which required an extra-household chock, a period of cotton sector uncertainty in an exacerbated monetization context which weakened men's financial position and made them more open to women's contribution. As the context of monetization keeps on prevailing in all African countries, it should favor further women's empowerment.
Résumé en anglais
In Africa, a few studies indicate that women have managed to embark upon cash cropping to improve their financial status, but none has ever thoroughly addressed the case of cotton or considered the impacts beyond financial terms. As an illustration of the interrelated dimensions of resource, agency and achievements in women's empowerment, this article addresses the economic and social impacts for women growing cotton and explains them by analyzing the characteristics of these women, in relation to the characteristics of their husbands and of the other women, in the perspective of intra-household negotiations and social norms in men-women role sharing and in the specific context and recent history of cotton production in Benin.
Our study found a noticeable share of 20% of farms where women and their husbands simultaneously earned cotton income and where women spent less time in the fields while enjoying better decision-making power. This new status of income generation and role sharing within households is a win-win situation. It benefitted from a change in social norms which required an extra-household chock, a period of cotton sector uncertainty in an exacerbated monetization context which weakened men's financial position and made them more open to women's contribution. As the context of monetization keeps on prevailing in all African countries, it should favor further women's empowerment.

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