A review of evidence on gender equality, women’s empowerment, and food systems
Achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment in food systems can result in greater food security and better nutrition, and in more just, resilient, and sustainable food systems for all. This paper uses a scoping review to assess the current evidence on pathways between gender equality, women’s...
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| author | Njuki, Jemimah Eissler, Sarah Malapit, Hazel J. Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Bryan, Elizabeth Quisumbing, Agnes R. |
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| description | Achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment in food systems can result in greater food security and better nutrition, and in more just, resilient, and sustainable food systems for all. This paper uses a scoping review to assess the current evidence on pathways between gender equality, women’s empowerment, and food systems. The paper uses an adaptation of the food systems framework to organize the evidence and identify where evidence is strong, and where gaps remain. Results show strong evidence on women’s differing access to resources, shaped and reinforced by contextual social gender norms, and on links between women’s empowerment and maternal education and important outcomes, such as nutrition and dietary diversity. However, evidence is limited on issues such as gender considerations in food systems for women in urban areas and in aquaculture value chains, best practices and effective pathways for engaging men in the process of women’s empowerment in food systems, and for addressing issues related to migration, crises, and indigenous food systems. And while there are gender informed evaluation studies that examine the effectiveness of gender- and nutrition- sensitive agricultural programs, evidence to indicate the long-term sustainability of such impacts remains limited. The paper recommends keys areas for investment: improving women’s leadership and decision-making in food systems, promoting equal and positive gender norms, improving access to resources, and building cross-contextual research evidence on gender and food systems. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1433902025-12-02T21:03:13Z A review of evidence on gender equality, women’s empowerment, and food systems Njuki, Jemimah Eissler, Sarah Malapit, Hazel J. Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Bryan, Elizabeth Quisumbing, Agnes R. value chains gender gender equality women's empowerment sustainable development goals policies consumer behaviour goal 5 gender equality food systems women governance Achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment in food systems can result in greater food security and better nutrition, and in more just, resilient, and sustainable food systems for all. This paper uses a scoping review to assess the current evidence on pathways between gender equality, women’s empowerment, and food systems. The paper uses an adaptation of the food systems framework to organize the evidence and identify where evidence is strong, and where gaps remain. Results show strong evidence on women’s differing access to resources, shaped and reinforced by contextual social gender norms, and on links between women’s empowerment and maternal education and important outcomes, such as nutrition and dietary diversity. However, evidence is limited on issues such as gender considerations in food systems for women in urban areas and in aquaculture value chains, best practices and effective pathways for engaging men in the process of women’s empowerment in food systems, and for addressing issues related to migration, crises, and indigenous food systems. And while there are gender informed evaluation studies that examine the effectiveness of gender- and nutrition- sensitive agricultural programs, evidence to indicate the long-term sustainability of such impacts remains limited. The paper recommends keys areas for investment: improving women’s leadership and decision-making in food systems, promoting equal and positive gender norms, improving access to resources, and building cross-contextual research evidence on gender and food systems. 2021-07-13 2024-05-22T12:13:47Z 2024-05-22T12:13:47Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143390 en https://doi.org/10.48565/scfss2021-1q69 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Njuki, Jemimah; Eissler, Sarah; Malapit, Hazel J.; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; Bryan, Elizabeth; and Quisumbing, Agnes R. 2021. A review of evidence on gender equality, women’s empowerment, and food systems. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2034. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134469. |
| spellingShingle | value chains gender gender equality women's empowerment sustainable development goals policies consumer behaviour goal 5 gender equality food systems women governance Njuki, Jemimah Eissler, Sarah Malapit, Hazel J. Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Bryan, Elizabeth Quisumbing, Agnes R. A review of evidence on gender equality, women’s empowerment, and food systems |
| title | A review of evidence on gender equality, women’s empowerment, and food systems |
| title_full | A review of evidence on gender equality, women’s empowerment, and food systems |
| title_fullStr | A review of evidence on gender equality, women’s empowerment, and food systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | A review of evidence on gender equality, women’s empowerment, and food systems |
| title_short | A review of evidence on gender equality, women’s empowerment, and food systems |
| title_sort | review of evidence on gender equality women s empowerment and food systems |
| topic | value chains gender gender equality women's empowerment sustainable development goals policies consumer behaviour goal 5 gender equality food systems women governance |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143390 |
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