Gender and youth challenges and opportunities in rural community: The case of Goregora, West Dembia district of North West Ethiopia

Kassa, Wondim Awoke; Eniyew, Kefale

doi:10.5897/jaerd2018.0958

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“…Evidently, the mandatory admission, attendance, completion of basic education and 100% transition to secondary schools by all youths in Kenya has resulted in reduced rates of FGM among youths in pastoral/livestock-keeping communities (Korir, 2018). In Ethiopia, overcoming traditional practices such as FGM has witnessed increased use of experience-sharing events among livestock-keeping households to curb the tradition (Wondim and Kefale, 2018). These experience-sharing events can be extended to cases of gender-based and child-based violences in which children or adults experiencing these are often witnessed to seek support from a range of people mostly kin and friends in Ethiopia (Chuta et al, 2019).…”

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Thematic evidencing of youth-empowering interventions in livestock production systems in Sub-Sahara Africa: a systematic review

Nchanji,

Kamunye,

Ageyo

2023

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Five to seven in every 10 people in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are youths. They have significantly low employment rates but are unattracted to agriculture. Recently, the sector has witnessed considerable efforts by African governments to promote youth participation. While these efforts have started to bear fruits, salient gender issues remain hard to address and solve promptly. For example, youth empowerment issues—whether mutual or emancipative, asset ownership, taboos and cultural expectations, perceptions against climate change, and use of technology and ICT significantly influence livestock production among pastoralists and agro-pastoralists. While these problems are partly known and being solved, it is to be understood the extent and the salient gender issues that drive youth participation in livestock production. To understand this, we conducted a systematic review using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines to thematically synthesize and evidence the youth-empowering interventions in livestock production systems in Sub-Sahara Africa. Peer-reviewed studies were retrieved from online databases (Scopus, Google ScholarTM, and gray literature). The findings show that youth face significant barriers to participating in livestock systems ranging from limited empowerment, limited access to productive assets and land, social-cultural limitations and inadequate youth-focused policy implementation. Despite the hurdles, youths, and other actors are employing various mechanisms to overcome them and enhance their participation in livestock systems. They utilize self-driven approaches such as gifting animals amongst themselves, forming saving groups commonly referred to as merry-go-rounds and belonging to community group formations as a form of social capital to empower themselves mutually. Education is also an empowerment tool for youths in the livestock sector. Emancipative empowerment through participation in political and community-level leadership is taking shape, though still in its infancy. There are opportunities presented by small ruminants and poultry where women and youths are getting a voice in the community by becoming relatively income independent and desisting from waiting for the inheritance of large livestock and assets from men. Opportunities presented by ICT in the field of livestock have been taken advantage of through the use of various apps and internet tools to enhance youth participation in livestock systems.

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confidence: 99%

Thematic evidencing of youth-empowering interventions in livestock production systems in Sub-Sahara Africa: a systematic review

Nchanji,

Kamunye,

Ageyo

2023

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Determinants of food security status of household in Central and North Gondar Zone, Ethiopia

Awoke¹,

Eniyew

Agitew

et al. 2022

Cogent Social Sciences

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Prevalence and predictors of adolescent linear growth and stunting across the urban–rural gradient in eastern Ethiopia

Irenso

Dessie

Berhane

et al. 2019

Tropical Med Int Health

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objective To assess the magnitude and factors associated with adolescent linear growth and stunting in two eastern Ethiopian communities.methods This cross-sectional study was conducted in the urban Harar Health Demographic Surveillance Site (HDSS) and rural Kersa Demographic Surveillance and Health Research Center (KDS-HRC). Univariate analysis was used to describe the data. Multiple regression models examined predictors of linear growth. Logistic regression was used to examine factors associated with stunting.results The study included 2010 adolescents. The prevalence of stunting was 26.9% (95% CI 24.9, 28.9), with 8.1% among urban adolescents (95% CI 6.5, 9.9) vs. 47.9% among rural ones (95% CI 44.6, 51.1). There was a significant interaction between residence and sex on the risk of stunting [AOR = 4.17 (95% CI 2.66, 9.9), P < 0.001], and height-for-age z score (HAZ) (b = À0.51, P < 0.001). For urban adolescents, older age (18 to 19 years) was negatively associated with linear growth (b= À0.29; P < 0.001). In the rural setting, handwashing practice after toileting was positively associated with HAZ (0.62; P < 0.001) and with lower risk of stunting [AOR = 0.51 (95% CI 0.34, 0.76)]. Urban females had significantly higher HAZ than urban males [b = 0.52; P < 0.01)], and a significantly lower risk of stunting [AOR = 0.29 (95% CI 0.18, 0.48)].conclusions There are significant disparities in the magnitude of stunting between urban and rural adolescents. The gender gap in stunting and linear growth, along with a high prevalence of stunting in early adolescence, calls for age-appropriate and gender-sensitive interventions. Particular attention and context-specific interventions are warranted for adolescents in these and similar rural eastern Ethiopian communities.Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): SDG 2 (zero hunger), SDG 3 (good health and well-being), SDG 5 (gender equity), SDG 10 (reduced inequalities), SDG 11 (sustainable cities and communities), SDG 17 (partnerships for the goals)

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Gender and youth challenges and opportunities in rural community: The case of Goregora, West Dembia district of North West Ethiopia

Cited by 4 publications

References 10 publications

Thematic evidencing of youth-empowering interventions in livestock production systems in Sub-Sahara Africa: a systematic review

Thematic evidencing of youth-empowering interventions in livestock production systems in Sub-Sahara Africa: a systematic review

Determinants of food security status of household in Central and North Gondar Zone, Ethiopia

Prevalence and predictors of adolescent linear growth and stunting across the urban–rural gradient in eastern Ethiopia

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