The only way of improving stoves is to actually consider their main users

<p>Traditional stoves are a health problem for many women and small children in under-developed countries. There have been many attempts at improving the conditions be re-designing the stoves in order for them to burn fuel better, or simply using other combustion mechanisms. However, many of these solutions were done without actually understanding their customers [<a class="litnote tooltip" href="/literature/@criadoperez2020">@criadoperez2020<span class="tooltiptext">Invisible women: exposing data bias in a world designed for men</span></a>]. The biggest problem was that the designers made some assumptions probably from a male-perspective, and therefore even if they could have been healthier for women, they were not improving their lives. They could take longer to cook a meal, could require wood to be cut in a different way, could require more maintenance. </p> <p>Interesting follow up: <a class="wikilink" href="/product_market_fit_with_biased_data/">product market fit with biased data</a></p> <p>Tags: <a href="/tags/gender-bias-in-business">#gender-bias-in-business</a> <a href="/tags/data-based-gender-bias">#data-based-gender-bias</a> <a href="/tags/gender-data-gap">#gender-data-gap</a> <a href="/tags/gender-bias-in-market-research">#gender-bias-in-market-research</a></p>