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Gender Rapid Assessment
Report, Gender Issues in Food And Nutrition Security in NTT Province
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Penyusun
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Alfiyah Ashmad, Severine Giroud, Blandina
Bait, Hai Ragalawa
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Editor
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Rachel Riviera, Giulia Baldi, Elviyanti
Martini
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Penerbit
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World Food Programme Indonesia
Country Office
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Inggris
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Tahun Cetak
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2012
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Halaman
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45
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Despite Indonesia’s economic growth
and democratic system, gender equality remains a challenging issue. In many
parts of the archipelago, women and children are marginalized in their own
households. Marginalization is especially detrimental when it comes to food access
and has a direct impact on undernutrition rates.
The eastern province of Nusa Tenggara
Timur has among the highest rates of undernutrition in Indonesia, with more
than a third of children under five years old considered underweight. In
addition, up to 58.4 percent of children are stunted. Undernutrition and
malnutrition primarily affect children and women.
This Gender Rapid Assessment (GRA)
aims to understand the underlying causes of gender marginalization in NTT and
how they can be addressed. It represents the first step in developing WFP’s
strategy on gender mainstreaming and provides valuable information for the
development of the NTT Province Food and Nutrition Action Plan (FNAP), also
known as RAD-PG (Rencana Aksi Daerah-Pangan dan Gizi). Improved gender
awareness will facilitate the improvement of food and overall nutrition security
in NTT.
The report finds that gender
inequalities are embedded in the social values and daily life practices of the
people of NTT. They mainly derive from misinterpretation of cultural traditions
related to dowry and clan inheritance that contribute to women’s subordination
to men and the resulting weak decision-making roles women have with regard to
food and nutrition issues. As a result, women are especially vulnerable to food
insecurity and undernutrition. Even though poverty stands as the major factor
causing undernutrition, gender inequality worsens the situation for children
and women, especially pregnant and lactating mothers.
NTT women play a critical role in
achieving food and nutrition security. Empowering women to make free and
informed choices for their family is critical in improving food and nutrition security.
By considering women as food holders, women empowerment programmes are tailored
to support women in decision- making processes that affect the nutritional
wellbeing of the family.
While the Government has initiated
interventions addressing gender dimensions related to food security and
nutrition, these interventions mainly address the consequences of gender inequality
rather than its causes. The absence of gender analyses during programme assessment
has resulted in gender gaps and the lack of a comprehensive action plan to adequately
confront gender challenges.
WFP, in support of the NTT
Government, has itself begun to institutionalize gender mainstreaming within
its organization and is working to improve its work team’s perspectives on
gender and translate them into action. Fostering gender mainstreaming within
WFP and in food and nutrition programmes requires time, energy, creativity and
strong engagement from WFP and other development partners. WFP team must,
therefore, closely monitor gender mainstreaming implementation both within the
organization as well as in key partners in order to ensure its success.