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| Title: | Women Fuelwood Carriers and the Supply of Household Energy in Addis Ababa |
| Author: | Haile, Fekerte |
| Year: | 1989 |
| Periodical: | Canadian Journal of African Studies |
| Volume: | 23 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Pages: | 442-451 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Ethiopia |
| Subjects: | women fuelwood Women's Issues Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) Cultural Roles agriculture Labor and Employment Sex Roles |
| External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/485187 |
| Abstract: | According to a survey carried out during the summer of 1984, an estimated 73,400 carriers cut or gather, transport, and sell fuelwood, branches, leaves, and bark to the city of Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). Of these, about 91 percent are women, who use their backs to transport fuelwoods. The survey was part of a research project designed to investigate the social and economic implications of such activity in relation to the productive and reproductive roles of women in the community. A structured questionnaire was formulated based on a presurvey carried out prior to the study. The questionnaire was developed to generate data on biodata (age, literacy, marital status, family size) of fuelwood carriers, distance covered in transporting/carrying fuelwood, the weight of the burden compared to the weight of the woman carrier, frequency of trips in transporting fuelwood and number of years in the job, monthly household income and expenses, working and living conditions, common problems associated with fuelwood carrying, carriers' views of the value of the forest product and its management, and alternative means of employment for this population group. With regard to these fuelwood collectors and carriers, the city of Addis Ababa or the government needs to address four important and interrelated problems: 1) exhaustion of the existing periurban plantations; 2) fuelwood shortage in the city; 3) lack of a fuelwood supply system; and 4) unemployment of fuelwood carriers. Bibliogr., notes. |
