Christian Action for a Durable Integrated development Development and men’s Human rights Rights in Tchad     French

First to get up, last to go to bed. She cannot be compared compared to a beast of burden due to the numerous tasks she must accomplish, the Tchadienne Chadian women woman is the backbone of the labor force. for whose The fact that she is indispensable character is apparent the moment they one enter enters any small village in herof the country. Some think she can be used for everything. Others praise her role in the society. From morning to night, like a well-oiled machine, she accomplishes her tasks. Customs these are, but as painful as necessary.

The following chart clearly describes the nightmare of Tchadienne Chadian women live:

Examples of the division of tasks divided between men and women in outlying rural areas.

Women

Men

1. Water taskFetching water 1. PastureGrazing
2. Cleaning 2. Distribute Distributing tasks
3. Prepare Preparing breakfast 3. Transporting working tools
4. Transporting tools  
5. Care of husband and children  
6. Prepare Preparing work tools  
7. Transport Carrying young children  
   

During the Day

During the Day

8. Harvesting 4. Harvesting
9. Gathering and accumulate grinding 5. Pick upGathering
10. Pile Piling up 6. Pile Piling up
11. WeaveThreshing and winnowing 7. ThreshingWeave
12. Stocking 8. Supervision Supervisingof work
13. Serve Serving breakfastlunch 9. Participation in community work
14. Care Caring forof younger children  
15. Prepare tea and meals  
   

Back from the fields

Back from the fields

16. Getting provisions 10. Getting the hay, hunting
17. Bundle Bundling, vegetables 11. Transporting the straw
18. Crushing millet and grind 12. Checking animal enclosure
19. Pumping water at from the well 13. Visits Visiting and advise advising (council)
20. Heating up water for bathes 14. Weaving
21. Prepareing meals 15. Starting campfire
22. Servinge dinner  
23. Washing the children  
24. Cleaning dishes  
25. Prepare Preparing breakfast for next morning  
26. Ensure Ensuring that all children are put to bed  

Economically, culturally and socially, she participates in to societies society activities. Her procreation role adds added to the her different various daily obligations, specific and complimentary obligations makes the Tchadienne Chadian women the least envied. In the outlying and bush areas, the woman participates intensely in to many economic activities beginning with agricultural work. The Iindustrial cultures crops of the sort such aslike cotton, manioc, millet, etc.milling ect…. is are no longer a "men only" trade. Women now handle transformation, stocking and the sell commercialization of diverse productsfood crops. Women make oil out of pPeanuts are converted to peanut oils, malts into local beer out of sorghum and oil out of shea.. It is still her who has the mission toWomen also have responsibility to maintain livestock, poultry, sheeps’s and goats. She notablyThey ensures that the products from these animals are converted into by-products. For example, converting milk is converted into butter or curdled milk.and she isThey are responsible to for selling commercializing this productthem for the needs of the family. In other villages, if she doesthey don’t not practice the fishing herthemselvesf in peak seasonwhen water level goes down, the women handles the commercialization sale of their by-products. In the least wWe must recognize that the Tchadienne Chadian women does not profit from this wide array range of activities, maybe by the fact that she does not controls these commercial activities and in the least, she doesbecause they have not have rights to the revenues. MeanwhileHowever, there is a growing interest in earning an incomean evolution is clearly being felt and is gaining ground.. The sale of many products is an activity which has grown in recent years and with the Strike, we will invite many of our sisters to persist in their demand.

We are conscious at the level of the ACDIDH-TCHAD that " Improving and investing into women is equal to investing into the community, because they better solidify their projects and devote a larger part of their revenues income to the needs of their households".

The aActivities like the water taskfetching water and preparation of the meals are the women’s responsibility. The volume of women’s activities work plays a negative role in their children’s health and the education. of their children. The wThe issue of women’s participation in tothe process of development has to be takenmust takes this fact into consideration into account. The ideal would be to rationalize this processmanage this interaction between men and women by favoring mutual respect, avow recognition of the other, valorize valorization of capacities, comprehensionunderstanding, collaboration, common managing possessionsement of possessions together and franc frank dialogue.

Concerned about with women’s situation in the world and specifically the with Chadian women, in Tchadienne. ACDIDH-TCHAD confirms therein by the present their its support of the world women striketo the Global Women’s Strike and will do all in its powerwhatever it can to ensure the success to succeed onof this day in the its area of intervention zone, especially . Notably in the capital N’Djamena, Sarh the second largest city of the country and Mongo an equally a prominent city in this country. Our members in these areas towns will also touchfurther get in touch with more remote areas of their the outlying areas in their counties. Detailed reports relative aboutto preparations and organization of this strike Strike will be forwarded briefly. Banners We will make bannerswill be made up. We will raise awareness by going door to door, office to office to ensure a successful strikeStrike.

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