A Focus on Gender

In Khayelitsha 1/5 houses are businesses and 70% of the businesses are run by women (Aymes, 1989).

Incorporating an equitable hiring process that considers hiring female workers for traditionally male dominated construction work opportunities that they would normally be excluded from

Give women and men equal opportunity to voice their opinions throughout the project, and consider these opinions

We will conduct focus groups of homogeneous and heterogeneous people of 4-6 members in each group. The mix of groups will include a male group, a female group, and a mixed female and male group.

Be conscious of discrimination against women that may occur in groups and take measures to not allow this to happen. Specify that if workers do not fulfill our teamwork standards that they can potentially lose their position

In orientation, specify treating others as equals and co-operation, discuss harassment

We do not perceive that installation of the bottle bulbs will place new pressures on women to do more work, but rather make their daily tasks and work safer, and open a new realm of being able to work indoors

Our ultimate objective is that both male and female participants are seen as active, rather than passive beneficiaries of the project