Is women’s empowerment bearing fruit? Mapping women’s empowerment in agriculture index (WEAI) results using the gender and food systems framework
We conduct a synthetic review of the literature examining relationships between domains of women’s empowerment and food system outcomes. Many studies report significant positive associations between women’s empowerment and intrahousehold gender equality with child dietary and nutrition outcomes, hou...
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| author | Myers, Emily Heckert, Jessica Faas, Simone Malapit, Hazel J. Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Raghunathan, Kalyani Quisumbing, Agnes R. |
| author_browse | Faas, Simone Heckert, Jessica Malapit, Hazel J. Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Myers, Emily Quisumbing, Agnes R. Raghunathan, Kalyani |
| author_facet | Myers, Emily Heckert, Jessica Faas, Simone Malapit, Hazel J. Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Raghunathan, Kalyani Quisumbing, Agnes R. |
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| description | We conduct a synthetic review of the literature examining relationships between domains of women’s empowerment and food system outcomes. Many studies report significant positive associations between women’s empowerment and intrahousehold gender equality with child dietary and nutrition outcomes, household food security, and agricultural production, but which aspect of empowerment matters for a particular outcome varies across contexts. Others document significant but mixed associations between empowerment indicators and women’s dietary diversity scores. The findings suggest women’s empowerment contributes to improved diets and nutritional status, especially for children, but that household wealth, gender norms and country-specific institutions remain important. Most papers reviewed were based on observational studies and therefore estimated associations; future research using experimental and quasi-experimental methods would add significantly to the evidence base. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1403312025-12-02T21:03:03Z Is women’s empowerment bearing fruit? Mapping women’s empowerment in agriculture index (WEAI) results using the gender and food systems framework Myers, Emily Heckert, Jessica Faas, Simone Malapit, Hazel J. Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Raghunathan, Kalyani Quisumbing, Agnes R. gender norms nutritional status gender gender equality women's empowerment agricultural production child nutrition households household income institutions nutrition food security diet food systems women dietary diversity We conduct a synthetic review of the literature examining relationships between domains of women’s empowerment and food system outcomes. Many studies report significant positive associations between women’s empowerment and intrahousehold gender equality with child dietary and nutrition outcomes, household food security, and agricultural production, but which aspect of empowerment matters for a particular outcome varies across contexts. Others document significant but mixed associations between empowerment indicators and women’s dietary diversity scores. The findings suggest women’s empowerment contributes to improved diets and nutritional status, especially for children, but that household wealth, gender norms and country-specific institutions remain important. Most papers reviewed were based on observational studies and therefore estimated associations; future research using experimental and quasi-experimental methods would add significantly to the evidence base. 2023-05-31 2024-03-14T12:09:20Z 2024-03-14T12:09:20Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140331 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148376 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.06.007 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.06.018 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Myers, Emily; Heckert, Jessica; Faas, Simone; Malapit, Hazel J.; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.; Raghunathan, Kalyani; and Quisumbing, Agnes R. 2023. Is women’s empowerment bearing fruit? Mapping women’s empowerment in agriculture index (WEAI) results using the gender and food systems framework. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2190. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136722. |
| spellingShingle | gender norms nutritional status gender gender equality women's empowerment agricultural production child nutrition households household income institutions nutrition food security diet food systems women dietary diversity Myers, Emily Heckert, Jessica Faas, Simone Malapit, Hazel J. Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Raghunathan, Kalyani Quisumbing, Agnes R. Is women’s empowerment bearing fruit? Mapping women’s empowerment in agriculture index (WEAI) results using the gender and food systems framework |
| title | Is women’s empowerment bearing fruit? Mapping women’s empowerment in agriculture index (WEAI) results using the gender and food systems framework |
| title_full | Is women’s empowerment bearing fruit? Mapping women’s empowerment in agriculture index (WEAI) results using the gender and food systems framework |
| title_fullStr | Is women’s empowerment bearing fruit? Mapping women’s empowerment in agriculture index (WEAI) results using the gender and food systems framework |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is women’s empowerment bearing fruit? Mapping women’s empowerment in agriculture index (WEAI) results using the gender and food systems framework |
| title_short | Is women’s empowerment bearing fruit? Mapping women’s empowerment in agriculture index (WEAI) results using the gender and food systems framework |
| title_sort | is women s empowerment bearing fruit mapping women s empowerment in agriculture index weai results using the gender and food systems framework |
| topic | gender norms nutritional status gender gender equality women's empowerment agricultural production child nutrition households household income institutions nutrition food security diet food systems women dietary diversity |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140331 |
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