Women's equality in household nutrition and health decision making

With gender transformation at the heart of our work, we strive to support communities, healthcare providers, and other stakeholders to critically explore and transform power dynamics and achieve the right to food and health. CARE uses a Social Analysis and Action (SAA) process to provide a tested and evidence-based platform for communities to collectively explore and implement ways to tackle gender and other barriers to food and health, both at the household and community levels. The SAA process has three core elements: 1) reflection, dialogue and exploration, 2) envisioning alternatives and challenging harmful norms, and 3) action to challenge norms that act as barriers to food, health, and nutrition security. CARE will promote the use of SAA and other formative research methods to identify barriers to women's participation in decision-making around their and their children's health and nutrition, then work with community leaders, men, and boys through male support groups, VSLAs, and other platforms to transform harmful gender norms and practices and increase women's decision-making power.