Understanding empowerment of ethnic minority groups in Northern Vietnam using Pro-WEAI

Women’s empowerment is of paramount importance in agriculture, food security and nutrition, making it the focal point of nutrition-sensitive agriculture (NSA) projects. However, the specific pathways and impacts of such interventions on women’s empowerment is still not fully understood, partly due t...

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Main Authors: Lan Nguyen T.T., Berg, Marrit van den, Stomph, TjeerdJan, Nabuuma, Deborah
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Language:Inglés
Published: Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture 2023
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137041
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author Lan Nguyen T.T.
Berg, Marrit van den
Stomph, TjeerdJan
Nabuuma, Deborah
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description Women’s empowerment is of paramount importance in agriculture, food security and nutrition, making it the focal point of nutrition-sensitive agriculture (NSA) projects. However, the specific pathways and impacts of such interventions on women’s empowerment is still not fully understood, partly due to lacking of consensus of measurement approaches across projects. Moreover, understanding of men’s empowerment, which is integral to comprehensively grasping the dynamics of women’s empowerment, remains limited. In this study, we examined the empowerment level of ethnic minority men and women in Northern Vietnam, focusing on the impact of a gender-neutral NSA using the internationally validated pro-WEAI tool. The NSA included two interventions: nutrition and agriculture training, and seed provision. Our sample consisted of 1,160 individuals (609 women and 551 men) residing in 38 villages grouped into 36 clusters. Our findings showed that that both men and women experienced disempowerment, suggesting that both groups subjected to external constraints rather than gender stereotypes. However, women remained the more vulnerable groups compared to men in various domains. We also identified some impacts of both interventions on individual indicators within three domains of empowerment (3DE). After multiplicity correction, several effects remained significant, including effects of training intervention on women’s mobility, and seed provision on total score of intrinsic agency domains. These results not only contribute to the establishment of benchmarks for interpreting pro- WEAI scores across program, but also emphasize the importance of investigating the impact of development
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spelling CGSpace1370412025-12-08T10:29:22Z Understanding empowerment of ethnic minority groups in Northern Vietnam using Pro-WEAI Lan Nguyen T.T. Berg, Marrit van den Stomph, TjeerdJan Nabuuma, Deborah gender agriculture research women's empowerment Women’s empowerment is of paramount importance in agriculture, food security and nutrition, making it the focal point of nutrition-sensitive agriculture (NSA) projects. However, the specific pathways and impacts of such interventions on women’s empowerment is still not fully understood, partly due to lacking of consensus of measurement approaches across projects. Moreover, understanding of men’s empowerment, which is integral to comprehensively grasping the dynamics of women’s empowerment, remains limited. In this study, we examined the empowerment level of ethnic minority men and women in Northern Vietnam, focusing on the impact of a gender-neutral NSA using the internationally validated pro-WEAI tool. The NSA included two interventions: nutrition and agriculture training, and seed provision. Our sample consisted of 1,160 individuals (609 women and 551 men) residing in 38 villages grouped into 36 clusters. Our findings showed that that both men and women experienced disempowerment, suggesting that both groups subjected to external constraints rather than gender stereotypes. However, women remained the more vulnerable groups compared to men in various domains. We also identified some impacts of both interventions on individual indicators within three domains of empowerment (3DE). After multiplicity correction, several effects remained significant, including effects of training intervention on women’s mobility, and seed provision on total score of intrinsic agency domains. These results not only contribute to the establishment of benchmarks for interpreting pro- WEAI scores across program, but also emphasize the importance of investigating the impact of development 2023-10-10 2024-01-04T12:46:59Z 2024-01-04T12:46:59Z Presentation https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137041 en Open Access application/pdf Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture Lan Nguyen T.T.; Berg, Marrit van den; Stomph, TjeerdJan; Nabuuma, Deborah. 2023. Understanding empowerment of ethnic minority groups in Northern Vietnam using Pro-WEAI. Presentation. Presented at the CGIAR GENDER Conference 'From Research to Impact: Towards just and resilient agri-food systems', New Delhi, India, 9-12 October 2023. Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
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Understanding empowerment of ethnic minority groups in Northern Vietnam using Pro-WEAI
title Understanding empowerment of ethnic minority groups in Northern Vietnam using Pro-WEAI
title_full Understanding empowerment of ethnic minority groups in Northern Vietnam using Pro-WEAI
title_fullStr Understanding empowerment of ethnic minority groups in Northern Vietnam using Pro-WEAI
title_full_unstemmed Understanding empowerment of ethnic minority groups in Northern Vietnam using Pro-WEAI
title_short Understanding empowerment of ethnic minority groups in Northern Vietnam using Pro-WEAI
title_sort understanding empowerment of ethnic minority groups in northern vietnam using pro weai
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agriculture
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women's empowerment
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137041
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