Group 15_Kaira Looro Women's House Report

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learning and communication skills. In addition, according to the intent of landscape design of this Women’s House, several cash crops are planned to be planted around the site, including peanuts, sugarcane, cotton, tomato, green beans, etc. Therefore, some related planting lessons will be organized in the Women’s House. l Moreover, in order to bring economic benefits to the Women’s House, all the cash crops around the building will be sold as products belonging to the Women’s House. This means that promotional and sales activities need to be carried out by local women. In fact, all the activities in this Women’s House are planned to achieve gender equality in Baghere. As shown in the diagram below:

Figure: Activities in Women’s House to achieve gender equality

1.5.6 Local women organization The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), as a member of the United Nations Development Group, is good for the Women’s House to obtain some help. A National Strategy for Gender Equality and Equity has been developed with the support of UN Women Senegal Program (UN Women Africa, 2021). The development of this Women’s House could be in line with the guidelines of the relevant authorities to promote the development of Baghere and enhance the rights and interests of local women.

2. Land tenure consideration 2.1 Site selection We chose the 'ideal site' determined by the competition organizer. The site has a flat terrain, convenient transportation, sufficient water resources, complete surrounding service facilities, covering education, medical, administrative, folk, and other living resources, meeting the primary construction conditions of the 15-minute life circle. Simultaneously, according to the population

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