Activity 1_Gender norms, values or practices by Patience A Thompson https://padlet.com/pasasahthompson/m35cr60sd47fedxd en-us 2022-10-26 17:03:53 UTC 2022-11-14 19:34:45 UTC hello@padlet.com Lecturer: an example of gender norms are behaviours expected of men and women in your society. For instance women are normally homemakers while men are considered the breadwinners fohemeng1 https://padlet.com/pasasahthompson/m35cr60sd47fedxd/wish/2358736784 2022-10-27 08:47:31 UTC https://padlet.com/pasasahthompson/m35cr60sd47fedxd/wish/2358736784 Lecturer: disparities are inequalities that exist between boys and girls in a society. For instance literacy rate is higher in boys than girls fohemeng1 https://padlet.com/pasasahthompson/m35cr60sd47fedxd/wish/2358738765 2022-10-27 08:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/pasasahthompson/m35cr60sd47fedxd/wish/2358738765 Gender norms in Cameroon https://padlet.com/pasasahthompson/m35cr60sd47fedxd/wish/2364640879 In Cameroon, women are expected to be not to focus on their career, they should instead be more family focused, for example, a woman who leaves her family to study abroad is sometimes misregarded whereas a man can go abroad and even spend 10 years and nobody will see it as a problem

]]> 2022-11-01 09:23:32 UTC https://padlet.com/pasasahthompson/m35cr60sd47fedxd/wish/2364640879 Disparities between girls and boys https://padlet.com/pasasahthompson/m35cr60sd47fedxd/wish/2364644589 boys are automatically thoughts to be intelligent while girls have to prove themselves
Girls are incriminated for being impregnated early while boys are being celebrated to impregnate a girl
Boys are easily recruited in jobs especially in the private/religious sector 
Sometimes women are asked to pause their career to raise children while men are always being pushed forward to continue their career.

]]> 2022-11-01 09:28:13 UTC https://padlet.com/pasasahthompson/m35cr60sd47fedxd/wish/2364644589 Kenya https://padlet.com/pasasahthompson/m35cr60sd47fedxd/wish/2365185138 In Kenya, Politics is for Men not women, Women should cook, bear children and take care of them, whereas men should not be held accountable. Men are polygamous in nature while women are monogamous by norms. ]]> 2022-11-01 16:03:43 UTC https://padlet.com/pasasahthompson/m35cr60sd47fedxd/wish/2365185138 Adrian (Sierra Leone) https://padlet.com/pasasahthompson/m35cr60sd47fedxd/wish/2366364998 Men occupy leadership positions, whereas women are subordinates
Men are disciplinarians in the family whereas women are the comforters.
Men are the providers whereas women are homemakers]]> 2022-11-02 09:36:56 UTC https://padlet.com/pasasahthompson/m35cr60sd47fedxd/wish/2366364998 Adrian (Sierra Leone) https://padlet.com/pasasahthompson/m35cr60sd47fedxd/wish/2366376612 In the provincial areas all males in the hospital are regarded as doctors whereas all the female are seen as nurses.
Boys are seen as more academically astute whereas girls are seen through the eye of marriage.

]]> 2022-11-02 09:46:34 UTC https://padlet.com/pasasahthompson/m35cr60sd47fedxd/wish/2366376612 Sara Taye- Ethiopian context https://padlet.com/pasasahthompson/m35cr60sd47fedxd/wish/2366385009 Males 

·       Head of the house and protector of his family
·       Financial provider of the household
·       Take managerial roles in most institutions

 

Females

·       Raising children and taking care of them
·       Cook, clean and do most of the housework
·       Take a subordinate role in most institutions, despite her level of education and experience

]]> 2022-11-02 09:54:03 UTC https://padlet.com/pasasahthompson/m35cr60sd47fedxd/wish/2366385009 Sara Taye- Ethiopian Context https://padlet.com/pasasahthompson/m35cr60sd47fedxd/wish/2366394144 In Ethiopia boys are more active in outdoor sports activities and are encouraged to pursue a career as an athlete, football player etc..          Girls on the other hand are shamed for participating in sports and such type of career is assumed to interfere with the fertility potential of the woman ]]> 2022-11-02 10:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/pasasahthompson/m35cr60sd47fedxd/wish/2366394144 Digafie (Ethiopia) https://padlet.com/pasasahthompson/m35cr60sd47fedxd/wish/2366495313 ·         Plowing is thought to be a man's job only.
·         Many cultures adopt a hierarchy of food consumption among households with limited food resources, which prevents women at the bottom of the hierarchy from eating a balanced diet.
·         In many rural places, women's freedom to roam about in safety and security is constrained.

]]> 2022-11-02 11:35:11 UTC https://padlet.com/pasasahthompson/m35cr60sd47fedxd/wish/2366495313 Lillian; Among many Kenyan communities, girls' virginity is highly valued to preserve honor to the family. As a result, unmarried pregnant/parenting girls are stigmatized and discriminated. https://padlet.com/pasasahthompson/m35cr60sd47fedxd/wish/2366502981 2022-11-02 11:41:55 UTC https://padlet.com/pasasahthompson/m35cr60sd47fedxd/wish/2366502981 Lillian: Education retention rate in class 8 is higher for boys (78.9%) compared to girls (77.0%) Kenya Economic Survey,2017. https://padlet.com/pasasahthompson/m35cr60sd47fedxd/wish/2366510852 2022-11-02 11:47:38 UTC https://padlet.com/pasasahthompson/m35cr60sd47fedxd/wish/2366510852 Digafie (Ethiopia) https://padlet.com/pasasahthompson/m35cr60sd47fedxd/wish/2366527408 Boy should marry later to manage the home; girl should marry sooner to have a husband.
Women couldn't travel very far on their own, but men can.]]> 2022-11-02 12:01:11 UTC https://padlet.com/pasasahthompson/m35cr60sd47fedxd/wish/2366527408 Rwanda https://padlet.com/pasasahthompson/m35cr60sd47fedxd/wish/2366706894 gender norms, values, and practices expected of males.
- Heads of households
- Must ensure the safety and protection of the family
- Cattle keeping
- construction 

gender norms, values, and practices expected of females.

- Taking care of the family members by preparing food/cooking
- housekeeping
- Raising and taking of children]]> 2022-11-02 13:52:00 UTC https://padlet.com/pasasahthompson/m35cr60sd47fedxd/wish/2366706894 Rwanda https://padlet.com/pasasahthompson/m35cr60sd47fedxd/wish/2366741935 HIV
 
HIV prevalence is 2.2% among men while it was 3.7% among women aged 15-64 years. This prevalence differs by wealth quartile and is predominantly high among women; lowest (2.2% among men compared to 3.1 in women) , Second quartile (1.6% in men compared to 2.8% in women), Middle quartile (2.3% in male compared to 3.2% in female), forth quartile (2.4% in men compared to 4.7% in female), and Highest quartile (2.5% in men compared to 4.7% in female.

Furthermore HIV prevalence was approximately two or more times greater in older adolescent girls and young women (ages 15-24 years) compared to older adolescent boys and young men.
○      10-14 years: 0.3% in males; 0.5% in females
○      15-19 years: 0.4% in males; 0.8% in females
○      20-24 years: 0.6% in males; 1.8% in females

Sexual violence
 
According to the 2019, the 23% of women and 6% of men age 15-49 have ever experienced sexual violence. 8% of women and 1% of men have experienced sexual violence in the past 12 months.
 
Spousal violence
47% of ever-married women age 15-49 have ever experienced spousal violence, whether physical or sexual or emotional, committed by their current or most recent husband/partner, and 30% have experienced spousal violence in the past 12 months.
 
21% of ever-married men age 15-49 have ever experienced spousal violence, whether physical or sexual or emotional, committed by their current or most recent wife/partner, and 13% have experienced spousal violence in the past 12 months.
 
 
 
]]> 2022-11-02 14:09:42 UTC https://padlet.com/pasasahthompson/m35cr60sd47fedxd/wish/2366741935 Bayew (Ethiopia) bayewrade1 https://padlet.com/pasasahthompson/m35cr60sd47fedxd/wish/2383509228 Men can determine the number of babies/family size but women can not, women can not allowed to move alone but men/boys can, only girls/women are expected to go for shopping, women/girls can not participate as negotiator for peace talking between two individual/parties conflict etc  ]]> 2022-11-14 19:23:39 UTC https://padlet.com/pasasahthompson/m35cr60sd47fedxd/wish/2383509228 Bayew (Ethiopia) bayewrade1 https://padlet.com/pasasahthompson/m35cr60sd47fedxd/wish/2383524878 1. Women are not expected to express their feeling but men do
2. Girls can not choose their future husbands but boys can choose their wives
3. Women are expected to do both outdoor and indoor (inside home) tasks but men only do outdoor. Eg If both of them are working as primary school teachers, a woman will do as teacher, taking care of children at home, cooking, etc but a man does only teaching activity.

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