From women's empowerment to food security: revisiting global discourses through a cross-country analysis

Global discourses have advocated women's empowerment as a means to enhance food security. Our objective was to critically review the causal linkages between women's empowerment and food availability and access. We relied on mixed methods and a cross-country analysis, using household survey data from...

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Autores principales: Clement, Floriane, Buisson, Marie-Charlotte, Leder, Stephanie, Balasubramanya, Soumya, Saikia, Panchali, Bastakoti, Ram C., Karki, Emma, van Koppen, Barbara
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/103717
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author Clement, Floriane
Buisson, Marie-Charlotte
Leder, Stephanie
Balasubramanya, Soumya
Saikia, Panchali
Bastakoti, Ram C.
Karki, Emma
van Koppen, Barbara
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Bastakoti, Ram C.
Buisson, Marie-Charlotte
Clement, Floriane
Karki, Emma
Leder, Stephanie
Saikia, Panchali
van Koppen, Barbara
author_facet Clement, Floriane
Buisson, Marie-Charlotte
Leder, Stephanie
Balasubramanya, Soumya
Saikia, Panchali
Bastakoti, Ram C.
Karki, Emma
van Koppen, Barbara
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description Global discourses have advocated women's empowerment as a means to enhance food security. Our objective was to critically review the causal linkages between women's empowerment and food availability and access. We relied on mixed methods and a cross-country analysis, using household survey data from Bangladesh, Nepal and Tajikistan and qualitative data from Nepal. The quantitative analysis highlights the diversity of patterns linking empowerment and food security indicators and the roles socio-economic determinants play in shaping these patterns across countries. The qualitative analysis further stresses the need for a truly intersectional approach in food security programmes that supports challenging the structural barriers that keep marginalised men and women food insecure. Lastly, our findings call for informing standardised measures of empowerment with an assessment of local meanings and values.
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spelling CGSpace1037172025-03-11T09:50:20Z From women's empowerment to food security: revisiting global discourses through a cross-country analysis Clement, Floriane Buisson, Marie-Charlotte Leder, Stephanie Balasubramanya, Soumya Saikia, Panchali Bastakoti, Ram C. Karki, Emma van Koppen, Barbara food security gender women farmers empowerment food supply food access food shortages malnutrition indicators household consumption socioeconomic environment social structure decision making strategies Global discourses have advocated women's empowerment as a means to enhance food security. Our objective was to critically review the causal linkages between women's empowerment and food availability and access. We relied on mixed methods and a cross-country analysis, using household survey data from Bangladesh, Nepal and Tajikistan and qualitative data from Nepal. The quantitative analysis highlights the diversity of patterns linking empowerment and food security indicators and the roles socio-economic determinants play in shaping these patterns across countries. The qualitative analysis further stresses the need for a truly intersectional approach in food security programmes that supports challenging the structural barriers that keep marginalised men and women food insecure. Lastly, our findings call for informing standardised measures of empowerment with an assessment of local meanings and values. 2019-12 2019-09-23T09:43:33Z 2019-09-23T09:43:33Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/103717 en Limited Access Elsevier Clement, Floriane; Buisson, Marie-Charlotte; Leder, Stephanie; Balasubramanya, Soumya; Saikia, Panchali; Bastakoti, Ram; Karki, Emma; van Koppen, Barbara. 2019. From women's empowerment to food security: revisiting global discourses through a cross-country analysis. Global Food Security, 23:160-172. (Online first) doi: 10.1016/j.gfs.2019.05.003
spellingShingle food security
gender
women farmers
empowerment
food supply
food access
food shortages
malnutrition
indicators
household consumption
socioeconomic environment
social structure
decision making
strategies
Clement, Floriane
Buisson, Marie-Charlotte
Leder, Stephanie
Balasubramanya, Soumya
Saikia, Panchali
Bastakoti, Ram C.
Karki, Emma
van Koppen, Barbara
From women's empowerment to food security: revisiting global discourses through a cross-country analysis
title From women's empowerment to food security: revisiting global discourses through a cross-country analysis
title_full From women's empowerment to food security: revisiting global discourses through a cross-country analysis
title_fullStr From women's empowerment to food security: revisiting global discourses through a cross-country analysis
title_full_unstemmed From women's empowerment to food security: revisiting global discourses through a cross-country analysis
title_short From women's empowerment to food security: revisiting global discourses through a cross-country analysis
title_sort from women s empowerment to food security revisiting global discourses through a cross country analysis
topic food security
gender
women farmers
empowerment
food supply
food access
food shortages
malnutrition
indicators
household consumption
socioeconomic environment
social structure
decision making
strategies
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/103717
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