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Is agricultural labour feminizing in South and South East Asia: Analysis of demography and health services data on women and work

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Title Is agricultural labour feminizing in South and South East Asia: Analysis of demography and health services data on women and work
 
Creator Oloo, Stephen
Galiè, Alessandra
Teufel, Nils
 
Subject gender
women
data
health services
agriculture
labour
 
Description 'Feminisation of agriculture’ is generally utilized to indicate an expansion of women’s engagement in agricultural production, as labourers or decision-makers. Feminization of Agriculture is often reported as a global trend. While literature on feminization of agriculture (FoA) has seen a steady rise in the last decade, there is little consensus on defining feminization of agriculture and consistent approaches that provide comparative quantitative data on FoA are lacking. This compromises the ability to provide a comparative understanding of the extent of feminization across various regions. In this paper, we develop a methodological approach to assessing the extent of FoA and deploying it on DHS data from South and South-East Asia. Our data show that in Cambodia, India, Indonesia and Nepal the trend has been towards a Masculinization of Agriculture between 2005 and 2017, while no trend could be determined for the Philippines. We discuss the implications of our results while highlighting some of the limitations of our approach and suggesting possible next research steps.
 
Date 2023-07-11
2023-07-25T15:50:32Z
2023-07-25T15:50:32Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Oloo, S., Galiè, A. and Teufel, N. 2023. Is agricultural labour feminizing in South and South East Asia: Analysis of demography and health services data on women and work. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 7: 1114503.
2571-581X
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131282
https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1114503
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 1114503
 
Publisher Frontiers Media
 
Source Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems