Women's PRA, Hindupur, Andhra Pradesh, India

Thirty-seven women attended a women-only PRA in South India organised by HIDA/MYRADA Agroforestry Network. The objectives for holding the PRA were to enable women to interact more freely and to focus on issues of interest to women "like health, nutrition, labour and migration, childbirth practices". Observations made about how the PRA differed from "mixed" PRAs included: the level of sharing was more personal, women discussed methods more than content, women did not need as many tea and smoke breaks! Innovations were made, such as timing from 6 - 9am to fit in with women's work schedule and more use of role play and pictures to introduce issues, since not many women were literate. Findings of field exercises are included as an appendix.