A Mushrooming business: How Oxfam is facilitating development of the horticulture sector while improving the status of women in Rwanda

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Author(s)
Mahajan, Sharad
Eldon, Laura
Kigali,
Publication date
2013-09-25
Subject
Food and livelihoods
Aid
Approach and methodology
Gender
Inequality
Keywords
Aid effectiveness
Gender mainstreaming
Gender training
Gender-based violence
Smallholder agriculture
Wellbeing
Women farmers
Sustainable livelihoods approach
Women's Economic Leadership
WEL
Agriculture
Development methods
Livelihoods
Country
Rwanda

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Publisher(s)
Oxfam GB
Series
Leverage Case Studies
Document type
Case study
Description

This case study shares the work of Oxfam’s Livelihood programme, Women’s Economic Leadership, in the horticulture sector in Rwanda. It shows that with the right business opportunities and training, women working in rural agriculture can be savvy business people, innovators, breadwinners, and community leaders. 

Pages
7
ISBN
978-1-78077-442-8
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10546/302289
Additional Links
http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/a-mushrooming-business-how-oxfam-is-facilitating-development-of-the-horticultur-302289
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