Meal preparation Child care Buying food in the market Taking the children to school Collecting food for immediate consumption of Taking children to the hospital the family Treating the children Preparing food: grinding, pounding, peeling, Caring for a sick child (includes praying) chopping Bathing children Cooking Feeding children Serving food Playing with children Waiting for other members of the family to Teaching the children finish food Emotional support Washing plates Supervision/ Being responsible Keeping food Care of dependent adults Warming food Taking care of the ill/ disabled/ vulnerable Water (includes praying) Fetching water Taking people the hospital Cleaning the well Taking food to the hospital Boiling water for members of the family to Help ill relative in the garden/ home bathe Providing emotional support/ listening to Boiling drinking water someone’s problems Energy Care of community members Collecting firewood Carry things for elderly Cutting the trees Cleaning the communal well Splitting firewood Looking after/ supervising someone else’s Lightening the fire children Maintaining the fire Unpaid help to cook for/ prepare funerals/ weddings Cleaning Settling disputes/ counselling Cleaning the house Collective action that benefits the community Sweeping the house directly Sweeping the outside of the house Tidying/ organizing the house Clothes Washing clothes Mending clothes Ironing clothes Buying clothes Tools used to conduct the RCA Sessions The tools used in the RCA included: Care Diamond to explain the role different actors play on care work Relationship Diagram that showed the rationale of why someone is important in another’s life Time Allocation which was used to detail the time spent by each participant within 24 hours of a (non-festive) day “typical” Weekly Main Activity and Simultaneous Activity Table which summarises total hours spent on each activity by all participants of the RCA and the average time dedicated by women and men for each activity
Meal preparation Buying food in the market Collecting food for immediate consumption of the family Preparing food: grinding, pounding, peeling, chopping Cooking Serving food Waiting for other members of the family to finish food Washing plates Keeping food Warming food Water Fetching water Cleaning the well Boiling water for members of the family to bathe Boiling drinking water Energy Collecting firewood Cutting the trees Splitting firewood Lightening the fire Maintaining the fire Cleaning Cleaning the house Sweeping the house Sweeping the outside of the house Tidying/ organizing the house Clothes Washing clothes Mending clothes Ironing clothes Buying clothes Child care Taking the children to school Taking children to the hospital Treating the children Caring for a sick child (includes praying) Bathing children Feeding children Playing with children Teaching the children Emotional support Supervision/ Being responsible Care of dependent adults Taking care of the ill/ disabled/ vulnerable (includes praying) Taking people the hospital Taking food to the hospital Help ill relative in the garden/ home Providing emotional support/ listening to someone’s problems Care of community members Carry things for elderly Cleaning the communal well Looking after/ supervising someone else’s children Unpaid help to cook for/ prepare funerals/ weddings Settling disputes/ counselling Collective action that benefits the community directly Tools used to conduct the RCA Sessions The tools used in the RCA included: Care Diamond to explain the role different actors play on care work Relationship Diagram that showed the rationale of why someone is important in another’s life Time Allocation which was used to detail the time spent by each participant within 24 hours of a “typical” (non-festive) day Weekly Main Activity and Simultaneous Activity Table which summarises total hours spent on each activity by all participants of the RCA and the average time dedicated by women and men for each activity
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