Women’s empowerment, food security and nutrition of pastoral communities in Tanzania

This paper presents a mixed-methods study that examines the relationship between women’s empowerment, household food security, and maternal and child diet diversity (as one indicator of nutrition security) in two regions of Tanzania. Indicators across three domains of women’s empowerment were scored...

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Main Authors: Galiè, Alessandra, Teufel, Nils, Girard, Amy W., Baltenweck, Isabelle, Domínguez Salas, Paula, Price, Mindy J., Jones, Rebecca, Lukuyu, Ben A., Korir, Luke, Raskind, Ilana G., Smith, Kristie, Yount, Kathryn M.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Elsevier 2019
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101944
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author Galiè, Alessandra
Teufel, Nils
Girard, Amy W.
Baltenweck, Isabelle
Domínguez Salas, Paula
Price, Mindy J.
Jones, Rebecca
Lukuyu, Ben A.
Korir, Luke
Raskind, Ilana G.
Smith, Kristie
Yount, Kathryn M.
author_browse Baltenweck, Isabelle
Domínguez Salas, Paula
Galiè, Alessandra
Girard, Amy W.
Jones, Rebecca
Korir, Luke
Lukuyu, Ben A.
Price, Mindy J.
Raskind, Ilana G.
Smith, Kristie
Teufel, Nils
Yount, Kathryn M.
author_facet Galiè, Alessandra
Teufel, Nils
Girard, Amy W.
Baltenweck, Isabelle
Domínguez Salas, Paula
Price, Mindy J.
Jones, Rebecca
Lukuyu, Ben A.
Korir, Luke
Raskind, Ilana G.
Smith, Kristie
Yount, Kathryn M.
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description This paper presents a mixed-methods study that examines the relationship between women’s empowerment, household food security, and maternal and child diet diversity (as one indicator of nutrition security) in two regions of Tanzania. Indicators across three domains of women’s empowerment were scored and matched to a household food insecurity access scale. Qualitative research helped appreciate the gender dynamics affecting the women’s empowerment-food security and women’s empowerment-nutrition security nexus. In cluster adjusted regression analyses, scores from each domain were significantly associated with women’s dietary diversity, but not with household food security. All three empowerment domains were positively associated with food security and nutrition in the qualitative analysis. This article discusses these findings and shows the pathways by which respondents saw their empowerment to affect their household food security.
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spelling CGSpace1019442024-05-01T08:19:42Z Women’s empowerment, food security and nutrition of pastoral communities in Tanzania Galiè, Alessandra Teufel, Nils Girard, Amy W. Baltenweck, Isabelle Domínguez Salas, Paula Price, Mindy J. Jones, Rebecca Lukuyu, Ben A. Korir, Luke Raskind, Ilana G. Smith, Kristie Yount, Kathryn M. women nutrition gender food security pastoralism This paper presents a mixed-methods study that examines the relationship between women’s empowerment, household food security, and maternal and child diet diversity (as one indicator of nutrition security) in two regions of Tanzania. Indicators across three domains of women’s empowerment were scored and matched to a household food insecurity access scale. Qualitative research helped appreciate the gender dynamics affecting the women’s empowerment-food security and women’s empowerment-nutrition security nexus. In cluster adjusted regression analyses, scores from each domain were significantly associated with women’s dietary diversity, but not with household food security. All three empowerment domains were positively associated with food security and nutrition in the qualitative analysis. This article discusses these findings and shows the pathways by which respondents saw their empowerment to affect their household food security. 2019-12 2019-06-28T12:11:22Z 2019-06-28T12:11:22Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101944 en Open Access Elsevier Galiè, A., Teufel, N., Girard, A.W., Baltenweck, I., Domínguez-Salas, P., Price, M.J., Jones, R., Lukuyu, B., Korir, L., Raskind, I.G., Smith, K. and Yount, K.M. 2019. Women’s empowerment, food security and nutrition of pastoral communities in Tanzania. Global Food Security 23: 125-134
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nutrition
gender
food security
pastoralism
Galiè, Alessandra
Teufel, Nils
Girard, Amy W.
Baltenweck, Isabelle
Domínguez Salas, Paula
Price, Mindy J.
Jones, Rebecca
Lukuyu, Ben A.
Korir, Luke
Raskind, Ilana G.
Smith, Kristie
Yount, Kathryn M.
Women’s empowerment, food security and nutrition of pastoral communities in Tanzania
title Women’s empowerment, food security and nutrition of pastoral communities in Tanzania
title_full Women’s empowerment, food security and nutrition of pastoral communities in Tanzania
title_fullStr Women’s empowerment, food security and nutrition of pastoral communities in Tanzania
title_full_unstemmed Women’s empowerment, food security and nutrition of pastoral communities in Tanzania
title_short Women’s empowerment, food security and nutrition of pastoral communities in Tanzania
title_sort women s empowerment food security and nutrition of pastoral communities in tanzania
topic women
nutrition
gender
food security
pastoralism
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101944
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