"In his blog last month about the experiences of Katine women who are participating in village savings schemes, Richard M Kavuma was right to conclude that there is still much to do to change attitudes towards women's empowerment. And it is not only the attitudes of men that need to change, but also of women and girls.
Richard is also right to raise the important question of whether rural projects should have separate components to promote gender dialogue. True, gender issues should be integrated into all development interventions. However, given the highly dominant power relationships between men and women, boys and girls, separate components that specifically address women's and girls' unique needs and their state of powerlessness need to be individually developed and implemented."
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