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INVOLVING MEN & WOMEN IN CARE WORK – ENGENDERED CHANGE – CASE STUDY

Website – Scroll down to click to Full Report: http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/examining-pathways-towards-engendered-change-560344

Direct Link to Report:

http://oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com/oxfam/bitstream/10546/560344/1/cs-examining-pathways-towards-engendered-change-150715-en.pdf

Despite abundant evidence about their importance, unpaid care work and unequal division of labour between women and men are largely invisible in development policy and programmes. This case study of a value chain development (VCD) programme in Uganda argues that it is possible to change gender norms and relations that have existed for generations, and that this improves development outcomes significantly – but it takes deliberate effort and planning.