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[email protected] [email protected] www.genderandwater.org/en REPORT Gender Impact Study of EU – SWITCH ASIA Project SNV-Bangladesh Improving consumer awareness and access to certified safe tomato and mango products in Bangladesh Farmers group Hosenpur, Lalpur, Natore, 2019 December 2019 Dhaka Bangladesh Contents Acronyms and Translations 3 Acknowledgements 4 Executive summary 5 1. Background and introduction 9 Introduction 9 Gender issues in agriculture 10 Objectives of the Gender Impact Study 11 2. Methodology and approach 13 Approach 13 Literature 13 Selection of study location 13 Key informants 14 Data collection methods 14 Field work 15 Data quality assurance 16 Ethical considerations and limitations 16 Time 16 Work schedule as it turned out 17 Researchers: the GWA team 17 3. Findings and analysis 18 Overall impression of the project from a gender perspective 18 Findings following 6 objectives of the Gender Impact Study 20 a. The way in which women and men benefitted of the project 20 b. The impact of the project on empowerment of people 21 c. Opinions of women and men in the project villages 23 d. The impact of the project on gender relations in the factories 23 e. Opinion of key informants 24 f. Changes made in the project’s final year 28 4. Conclusion, lessons learned and recommendations 32 Conclusion 32 Recommendations 33 Recommendations for donors 33 Recommendations for participating companies 33 Recommendations for SNV and partner