Clark Madelyn, Cunguara Benedito, Bialous Stella, Rice Kathleen, Drope Jeffrey, Labonte Ronald, Lencucha Raphael
Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
Gabinete de Desenvolvimento do Compacto II, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Maputo, Mozambique.
Tob Control. 2024 Nov 10;33(e2):e185-e191. doi: 10.1136/tc-2022-057881.
This paper examines the intrahousehold dynamics between women and men present in tobacco farming households in Mozambique. Attention to the experiences and realities of the smallholder farmers is crucial for understanding approaches to alternative livelihoods. Intrahousehold dynamics can provide important insights into how these households and their members view tobacco production and engage with the political economy of tobacco farming, how they make decisions, and the rationale and values behind these decisions.
Data were collected through single-gender focus group discussions (n=8) with 108 participants (men=57, women=51). Analysis was informed by a qualitative description methodology. This research presents a gender-based analysis examining the perspectives, roles, decision-making processes and desires of female and male tobacco farmers in four key tobacco-growing districts in Mozambique.
Throughout this paper, women are found to hold leverage and influence in tobacco farming households, and this leverage is in part gained via the necessity of women's unpaid labour in achieving profitability in tobacco farming. Both women and men are also found to strongly desire and pursue the well-being of the household.
Women hold agency within tobacco-growing households and participate in decision-making processes regarding tobacco agriculture. Women should be included in future tobacco control policies and programmes pertaining to Article 17.
本文探讨了莫桑比克烟草种植家庭中男女之间的家庭内部动态。关注小农户的经历和现实对于理解替代生计方法至关重要。家庭内部动态可以为了解这些家庭及其成员如何看待烟草生产、如何参与烟草种植的政治经济、如何做出决策以及这些决策背后的理由和价值观提供重要见解。
通过与108名参与者（男性57名，女性51名）进行单性别焦点小组讨论（n = 8）收集数据。分析采用定性描述方法。本研究进行了基于性别的分析，考察了莫桑比克四个主要烟草种植区男女烟农的观点、角色、决策过程和愿望。
在本文中，发现女性在烟草种植家庭中拥有影响力，这种影响力部分源于女性无偿劳动对烟草种植盈利的必要性。还发现男性和女性都强烈渴望并追求家庭的福祉。
女性在烟草种植家庭中拥有自主权，并参与有关烟草农业的决策过程。在未来与第17条相关的烟草控制政策和计划中应纳入女性。
