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Measuring women’s empowerment in agriculture: Innovations and evidence

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Title Measuring women’s empowerment in agriculture: Innovations and evidence
 
Creator Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Cole, Steven M.
Elias, Marlène
Faas, Simone
Galiè, Alessandra
Malapit, Hazel
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
Myers, Emily
Seymour, Greg
Twyman, Jennifer
 
Subject women
gender
food systems
agriculture
ecology
food science
 
Description This paper addresses women's empowerment in agriculture, innovations in its measurement, and emerging evidence. We discuss the evolution of the conceptualization and measurement of women's empowerment and gender equality since 2010. Using a gender and food systems framework and a standardized measure of women's empowerment, the Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), we review the evidence on “what works” to empower women based on impact evaluations of a portfolio of 11 agricultural development projects with empowerment objectives and a scoping review of livestock interventions. We then review the evidence on associations between empowering women and societal benefits--agricultural productivity, incomes, and food security and nutrition. We conclude with recommendations for measurement and policy.
 
Date 2023-09
2023-08-09T12:57:52Z
2023-08-09T12:57:52Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Quisumbing, A., Cole, S., Elias, M., Faas, S., Galiè, A., Malapit, H., Meinzen-Dick, R., Myers, E., Seymour, G. and Twyman, J. 2023. Measuring women’s empowerment in agriculture: Innovations and evidence. Global Food Security 38: 100707.
2211-9124
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131517
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2023.100707
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Source Global Food Security