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Swisscontact uses the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index to develop and implement gender and social inclusion strategies in agricultural value chains in southern Honduras

In the Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras, the NGO Swisscontact applied the Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), Women’s Empowerment in Livestock Index (WELI) and WEAI for Market Inclusion (pro-WEAI+MI) to identify and implement actions to improve women's levels of empowerment in the production a...

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Main Author: CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets
Format: Case Study
Language:Inglés
Published: 2021
Subjects:
agriculture
livestock
gender
women
production
development
uses
value chains
processing
empowerment
honduras
fruits
strategies
inclusion
women's empowerment
agricultural value chains
social inclusion
social development
levels
case studies
agrifood systems
rural development
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121657
Summary:In the Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras, the NGO Swisscontact applied the Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), Women’s Empowerment in Livestock Index (WELI) and WEAI for Market Inclusion (pro-WEAI+MI) to identify and implement actions to improve women's levels of empowerment in the production and processing links of three value chains of significant importance for the economic and social development of the region and country: cashew, dairy and fruits. These actions are included in strategies published and disseminated in 2021.

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