Project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture: Results from cognitive testing in Myanmar
When designing and evaluating policies and projects for women’s empowerment, appropriate indicators are needed. This paper reports on the lessons learned from two rounds of pretesting and cognitive testing of the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI) in a total of five St...
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| author | Lambrecht, Isabel B. Sproule, Kathryn Synt, Nang Lun Kham Ei Win, Hnin Win, Khin Zin |
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| description | When designing and evaluating policies and projects for women’s empowerment, appropriate indicators are needed. This paper reports on the lessons learned from two rounds of pretesting and cognitive testing of the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI) in a total of five States/Regions in Myanmar. We assess if respondents understand the modules as intended and which questions require modification based on the cultural context. We find that the questions also present in the abbreviated WEAI are generally well understood, particularly on instrumental and group agency. The challenge to respond to hypothetical and abstract questions did become apparent in the domains representing intrinsic agency, and was problematic for questions on autonomy and self-efficacy. Also, the internationally validated questions on attitudes towards domestic violence were too abstract, and responses depend on the scenario envisioned. We also suggest including an adapted version of the module on speaking up in public, to reinforce the domain on collective agency. Our findings provide an encouraging message to those aspiring to use pro-WEAI, but emphasize the need for continued attention for context-specific adjustments and critical testing of even those instruments that are widely used and deemed validated. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1435282025-12-02T21:02:41Z Project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture: Results from cognitive testing in Myanmar Lambrecht, Isabel B. Sproule, Kathryn Synt, Nang Lun Kham Ei Win, Hnin Win, Khin Zin income gender women's empowerment households indicators capacity development empowerment agriculture tests domestic violence women violence When designing and evaluating policies and projects for women’s empowerment, appropriate indicators are needed. This paper reports on the lessons learned from two rounds of pretesting and cognitive testing of the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI) in a total of five States/Regions in Myanmar. We assess if respondents understand the modules as intended and which questions require modification based on the cultural context. We find that the questions also present in the abbreviated WEAI are generally well understood, particularly on instrumental and group agency. The challenge to respond to hypothetical and abstract questions did become apparent in the domains representing intrinsic agency, and was problematic for questions on autonomy and self-efficacy. Also, the internationally validated questions on attitudes towards domestic violence were too abstract, and responses depend on the scenario envisioned. We also suggest including an adapted version of the module on speaking up in public, to reinforce the domain on collective agency. Our findings provide an encouraging message to those aspiring to use pro-WEAI, but emphasize the need for continued attention for context-specific adjustments and critical testing of even those instruments that are widely used and deemed validated. 2020-05-01 2024-05-22T12:14:52Z 2024-05-22T12:14:52Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143528 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133743 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133533 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133344 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134860 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Lambrecht, Isabel; Sproule, Katie; Synt, Nang Lun Kham; Ei Win, Hnin; and Win, Khin Zin. 2020. Project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture: Results from cognitive testing in Myanmar. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1945. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133796. |
| spellingShingle | income gender women's empowerment households indicators capacity development empowerment agriculture tests domestic violence women violence Lambrecht, Isabel B. Sproule, Kathryn Synt, Nang Lun Kham Ei Win, Hnin Win, Khin Zin Project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture: Results from cognitive testing in Myanmar |
| title | Project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture: Results from cognitive testing in Myanmar |
| title_full | Project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture: Results from cognitive testing in Myanmar |
| title_fullStr | Project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture: Results from cognitive testing in Myanmar |
| title_full_unstemmed | Project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture: Results from cognitive testing in Myanmar |
| title_short | Project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture: Results from cognitive testing in Myanmar |
| title_sort | project level women s empowerment in agriculture results from cognitive testing in myanmar |
| topic | income gender women's empowerment households indicators capacity development empowerment agriculture tests domestic violence women violence |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143528 |
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