Measuring women’s empowerment in agriculture: Innovations and evidence

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 measur...

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Autores principales: Quisumbing, Agnes R., Cole, Steven M., Elias, Marlène, Faas, Simone, Galiè, Alessandra, Malapit, Hazel J., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Myers, Emily, Seymour, Greg, Twyman, Jennifer
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131517
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author Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Cole, Steven M.
Elias, Marlène
Faas, Simone
Galiè, Alessandra
Malapit, Hazel J.
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
Myers, Emily
Seymour, Greg
Twyman, Jennifer
author_browse Cole, Steven M.
Elias, Marlène
Faas, Simone
Galiè, Alessandra
Malapit, Hazel J.
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
Myers, Emily
Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Seymour, Greg
Twyman, Jennifer
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Cole, Steven M.
Elias, Marlène
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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.
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spelling CGSpace1315172025-10-26T12:54:54Z Measuring women’s empowerment in agriculture: Innovations and evidence Quisumbing, Agnes R. Cole, Steven M. Elias, Marlène Faas, Simone Galiè, Alessandra Malapit, Hazel J. Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Myers, Emily Seymour, Greg Twyman, Jennifer women gender food systems agriculture ecology food science 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. 2023-09 2023-08-09T12:57:52Z 2023-08-09T12:57:52Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131517 en Open Access Elsevier 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.
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Cole, Steven M.
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Galiè, Alessandra
Malapit, Hazel J.
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
Myers, Emily
Seymour, Greg
Twyman, Jennifer
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food systems
agriculture
ecology
food science
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