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T10 Gender control analysis Resources and services
CONTROL ANALYSIS
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This tool analyses the differences in control over resources and services important to promoting animal welfare amongst men and women from animal-owning households. Resources and services important to promoting animal welfare may include water, feed and/or grazing land, financial resources, equipment for working animals (e.g. harnesses, carts), grooming supplies, and services, such as animal health service providers. This tool is a great follow-up to T12 Dependency Analysis.
Internal control within the household refers to who is able to make the decision about provision of a resource and/or service, as well as their purchase and sale. This should not be confused with roles and responsibilities, which can be analyzed in T5 Gender Roles and Responsibilities.
| Tool purpose: | Time needed: |
| • To generate understanding of gender-based differences in control and their implications over resource and service provision important to promoting animal welfare. • To motivate participants to take action to address gender-based differences in control over resource and services. • May be used to evaluate changes in gender equality related to control over animal-related resources and services if repeated over the course of project. | 2-3 hours |
| Materials needed: | |
| Chalk, coloured dust, stick, stones, pebbles, cards or paper, pens, and any other locally available resources to represent service or resources. |
Keyword Search Tags
Project Phase:
Initiation Phase, Implementation Phase
Approaches for Working With Communities:
Community Development Approach, Community Engagement Approach
Behavioural Drivers (COM-B):
Motivation, Opportunity
Project Support:
Participatory Learning and Action Tools, Needs Assessment, Gender Analysis
Control analysis
An animal-owning community used this activity to explore differences in control over animal-related resources and services between men and women.
Figure T10a - Control Analysis - blank template
Figure T10b - Control Analysis - completed by a group of women
Figure T10c Control Analysis of differences between men and women
Following the chart’s creation, the group analyzed the gender-based differences in control of resources and services. They identified the opportunity to train women to feel empowered to treat basic illnesses and wounds. This was necessary as men frequently migrate for work, leaving women with little capacity or skills to treat animals in their absence.
| Control Analysis | |
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| Planning Phase - Community Scale Planning | |
| Step 1 | Start by asking the group to think of all the resources and services they use to care for their animals and have the helper write them down. If T12 Dependency analysis was performed prior to this exercise, use the resources and services listed step 1 (this should be in the community action plan). |
| Step 2 | Ask the community helper to draw a large table, either on the ground using a stick, coloured dust/chalk or on chart paper using markers. There should be three main columns: ‘Resources & services’, ‘control - men’ and ‘control – women’ (See figure T10a). Please note: If there is an additional household member that also controls the provision of animal-related resources and services, such as a child, add another column under ‘control’. |
| Step 3 | Ask the group to analyse the household control by asking the question: who makes the decision about provision of a resource or service? Remember: internal control refers to seeking the service or making the decision about purchase and sale of resources. For example: If men and women were equally able to make the decision about the service, without having to ask permission from the other, then the pebbles would be divided equally. The score would be men and women with 5 pebbles each. (See figure T10b). |
| Step 4 | Ask participants to analyse the differences in control over resources and service provision between men and women. Ask the community helper to record the responses or note them yourself. The following questions may be used to guide the discussion: • Why are there differences in control over resources and services provision between men and women? • How can you improve animal welfare by changing decision making between men and women? |
| Step 5 | After this discussion, ask participants what actions they can take towards making these changes. Help the group to qualify short-term (~3 months) versus long-term actions (more than a year). If there is a long list, have the group prioritise just one or two to focus on before the next meeting. Summarize the results of the activity and have the community helper add any actions and activities to the community action plan. Agree on a date and time for the next session. The chart should be left with the community. Make a copy or take a photograph for your reference for future discussions and further action planning. Add a copy to your project action tracker. |
| Implementation Phase – Monitoring, reflection & learning | |
| Step 6 | Repeat steps 1-3 (above) to assess the changes agreed by the community in step 4 within the community action plan, by comparing with the previous activity outputs (step 5). Initiate a final discussion using the following questions as guidance: • The reasons for changes (why they may or may not have occurred). • How changes have impacted on animal welfare and their own lives. Comparing the past results to present situation can generate useful discussion about perceived improvements in animal welfare and related benefits to people’s livelihoods and well-being that have resulted from changes. |
Facilitation Notes
- An experienced facilitator should lead this discussion, as topics related to gender may be sensitive, require good rapport and ability to gauge the group’s level of comfort.
- Decide the group dynamics ahead of time and whether it would be best carried out with men and women (or other subgroups) separately or in a mixed group. This will depend on your rapport with the community, culture and local gender dynamics.
- If conducted separately between men and women, consider bringing the two groups back together at the end of the activity to review the results of each chart and resolve any discrepancies if time allows.
Next Steps
- Record the community’s short and long-term actions and linked activities in your project action tracker. Revisit the activities in the next meeting to monitor their progress and what further support is required.
- T12 Dependency Analysis to understand the community’s dependencies on external actors and potential implications for resource and service provision important to promoting animal welfare.
Tool adapted from: Flora & Fauna, Resource Access and Control (2013)