Empowerment in agricultural value chains: Mixed methods evidence from the Philippines

Women's participation and empowerment in value chains are goals of many development organizations, but there has been limited systematic, rigorous research to track these goals between and within value chains (VCs). We adapt the survey-based project-level Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pr...

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Autores principales: Malapit, Hazel J., Ragasa, Catherine, Martinez, Elena M., Rubin, Deborah, Seymour, Greg, Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142760
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author Malapit, Hazel J.
Ragasa, Catherine
Martinez, Elena M.
Rubin, Deborah
Seymour, Greg
Quisumbing, Agnes R.
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Martinez, Elena M.
Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Ragasa, Catherine
Rubin, Deborah
Seymour, Greg
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Ragasa, Catherine
Martinez, Elena M.
Rubin, Deborah
Seymour, Greg
Quisumbing, Agnes R.
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description Women's participation and empowerment in value chains are goals of many development organizations, but there has been limited systematic, rigorous research to track these goals between and within value chains (VCs). We adapt the survey-based project-level Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI) to measure women's and men's empowerment in the abaca, coconut, seaweed, and swine VCs in the Philippines and to investigate the correlates of empowerment. Results show that most women and men in all four VCs are disempowered, but unlike in many other countries, Filipino women in this sample are generally as empowered as men. Pro-WEAI results suggest that respect within the household and attitudes about gender-based violence (GBV) are the largest sources of disempowerment for both women and men, followed by control over use of income and autonomy in income-related decisions. Excessive workload and lack of group membership are other important sources of disempowerment, with some variation across VCs and nodes along VCs. Across all four VCs, access to community programs is associated with higher women's empowerment, and access to extension services and education are associated with higher men's empowerment. Our results show that, despite the relatively small gender gaps in the Philippines, persistent gender stereotypes influence men's and women's empowerment and VC participation.
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spelling CGSpace1427602024-10-25T08:05:01Z Empowerment in agricultural value chains: Mixed methods evidence from the Philippines Malapit, Hazel J. Ragasa, Catherine Martinez, Elena M. Rubin, Deborah Seymour, Greg Quisumbing, Agnes R. value chains gender mixed methods regression analysis surveys women's participation gender-based violence capacity development empowerment markets livelihoods women Women's participation and empowerment in value chains are goals of many development organizations, but there has been limited systematic, rigorous research to track these goals between and within value chains (VCs). We adapt the survey-based project-level Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI) to measure women's and men's empowerment in the abaca, coconut, seaweed, and swine VCs in the Philippines and to investigate the correlates of empowerment. Results show that most women and men in all four VCs are disempowered, but unlike in many other countries, Filipino women in this sample are generally as empowered as men. Pro-WEAI results suggest that respect within the household and attitudes about gender-based violence (GBV) are the largest sources of disempowerment for both women and men, followed by control over use of income and autonomy in income-related decisions. Excessive workload and lack of group membership are other important sources of disempowerment, with some variation across VCs and nodes along VCs. Across all four VCs, access to community programs is associated with higher women's empowerment, and access to extension services and education are associated with higher men's empowerment. Our results show that, despite the relatively small gender gaps in the Philippines, persistent gender stereotypes influence men's and women's empowerment and VC participation. 2020-05-01 2024-05-22T12:11:00Z 2024-05-22T12:11:00Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142760 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133456 Open Access Elsevier Malapit, Hazel J.; Ragasa, Catherine; Martinez, Elena M.; Rubin, Deborah; Seymour, Greg; and Quisumbing, Agnes. 2020. Empowerment in agricultural value chains: Mixed methods evidence from the Philippines. Journal of Rural Studies 76(May 2020): 240-253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2020.04.003
spellingShingle value chains
gender
mixed methods
regression analysis
surveys
women's participation
gender-based violence
capacity development
empowerment
markets
livelihoods
women
Malapit, Hazel J.
Ragasa, Catherine
Martinez, Elena M.
Rubin, Deborah
Seymour, Greg
Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Empowerment in agricultural value chains: Mixed methods evidence from the Philippines
title Empowerment in agricultural value chains: Mixed methods evidence from the Philippines
title_full Empowerment in agricultural value chains: Mixed methods evidence from the Philippines
title_fullStr Empowerment in agricultural value chains: Mixed methods evidence from the Philippines
title_full_unstemmed Empowerment in agricultural value chains: Mixed methods evidence from the Philippines
title_short Empowerment in agricultural value chains: Mixed methods evidence from the Philippines
title_sort empowerment in agricultural value chains mixed methods evidence from the philippines
topic value chains
gender
mixed methods
regression analysis
surveys
women's participation
gender-based violence
capacity development
empowerment
markets
livelihoods
women
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142760
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