Impact of an improved cooking stove on the empowerment of women in rural areas in Southern Benin: case of the Guev Cooker
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Abstract
Description of the subject. Rural women use traditional cooking stove, which require them to spend a lot of time gathering wood and cooking. The use of these stoves reduces the possibility that women will be able to undertake an income-generating activity in order to be self-sufficient.Objective. This study aims to assess the impact of the use of the improved cooking stove "GUEV COOKER" on the empowerment of women in southern Benin.Methods. The study applies the experimental impact evaluation method known as randomized controlled trials and involved 531 women randomly assigned, with 266 beneficiary women and 265 non-beneficiary women in 5 municipalities in southern Benin, namely: Adjarra, Avrankou, Dangbo, Sakété, Ifangni. Given the small sample size, we conducted stratified random sampling based on three (3) variables for each group.Results. The results obtained show that the treated group (women who have benefited from the Guev Cooker improved cooking stove) and control group (women who have not benefited from the Guev Cooker improved cooking stove) were well balanced before the intervention. The use of the improved stove "GUEV COOKER" positively influenced the general empowerment score of women in the study area.Conclusion. The promotion of improved stoves that can be used by women in their households and in the various income-generating activities they undertake, as well as the promotion of women's employment in Benin, would facilitate their empowerment. Description du sujet. Les femmes rurales utilisent des foyers traditionnels qui leurs imposent de passer assez de temps aussi bien pour la collecte du bois que pour la cuisson. L’utilisation de ces foyers réduit la possibilité que les femmes peuvent avoir pour entreprendre une activité rémunérée afin d’être autonome. Objectif. Cette étude vise à évaluer l’impact de l’utilisation du foyer de cuisson amélioré « GUEV COOKER » sur l’autonomisation de la femme au sud Bénin.Méthodes. L’étude a utilisé la méthode expérimentale d’évaluation d’impact désignée comme les essais aléatoires contrôlés et a impliqué 531 femmes assignées de manière aléatoire avec 266 femmes bénéficiaires et 265 femmes non bénéficiaires dans 5 communes au sud du Bénin à savoir : Adjarra, Avrankou, Dangbo, Sakété, Ifangni. Compte tenu de la petitesse de la taille de l’échantillon, un échantillonnage aléatoire stratifié à partir de trois (3) variables pour chaque groupe a été utilisé.Résultats. Les résultats obtenus montrent que les groupes traités (les femmes qui ont bénéficié du foyer Guev Cooker) et contrôles (les femmes qui n’ont pas bénéficié du foyer Guev Cooker) étaient bien équilibrés avant l’intervention. L’utilisation du foyer amélioré « GUEV COOKER » a influencé positivement le score d’autonomisation générale des femmes de la zone d’étude.Conclusion. La promotion des foyers améliorés qui peuvent être utilisés par les femmes dans leurs ménages et dans les différentes activités génératrices de revenu qu’elles mènent et la promotion de l’emploi des femmes au Bénin faciliteraient leur autonomisation
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Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
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| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.003 | 0.000 |
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