Development of the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI)

In this paper, the authors describe the adaptation and validation of a project-level WEAI (or pro-WEAI) that agricultural development projects can use to identify key areas of women’s (and men’s) disempowerment, design appropriate strategies to address identified deficiencies, and monitor project ou...

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Autores principales: Malapit, Hazel J., Quisumbing, Agnes R., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Seymour, Greg, Martinez, Elena M., Heckert, Jessica, Rubin, Deborah, Vaz, Ana, Yount, Kathryn M., Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project, Phase 2 (GAAP2) Study Team
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Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146758
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author Malapit, Hazel J.
Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
Seymour, Greg
Martinez, Elena M.
Heckert, Jessica
Rubin, Deborah
Vaz, Ana
Yount, Kathryn M.
Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project, Phase 2 (GAAP2) Study Team
author_browse Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project, Phase 2 (GAAP2) Study Team
Heckert, Jessica
Malapit, Hazel J.
Martinez, Elena M.
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Rubin, Deborah
Seymour, Greg
Vaz, Ana
Yount, Kathryn M.
author_facet Malapit, Hazel J.
Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
Seymour, Greg
Martinez, Elena M.
Heckert, Jessica
Rubin, Deborah
Vaz, Ana
Yount, Kathryn M.
Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project, Phase 2 (GAAP2) Study Team
author_sort Malapit, Hazel J.
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description In this paper, the authors describe the adaptation and validation of a project-level WEAI (or pro-WEAI) that agricultural development projects can use to identify key areas of women’s (and men’s) disempowerment, design appropriate strategies to address identified deficiencies, and monitor project outcomes related to women’s empowerment. The 12 pro-WEAI indicators are mapped to three domains: intrinsic agency (power within), instrumental agency (power to), and collective agency (power with). A gender parity index compares the empowerment scores of men and women in the same household. The authors describe the development of pro-WEAI, including: (1) pro-WEAI’s distinctiveness from other versions of the WEAI; (2) the process of piloting pro-WEAI in 13 agricultural development projects during the Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project, phase 2 (GAAP2); (3) analysis of quantitative data from the GAAP2 projects, including intrahousehold patterns of empowerment; and (4) a summary of the findings from the qualitative work exploring concepts of women’s empowerment in the project sites. The paper concludes with a discussion of lessons learned from pro-WEAI and possibilities for further development of empowerment metrics.
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spelling CGSpace1467582025-11-06T07:13:07Z Development of the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI) Malapit, Hazel J. Quisumbing, Agnes R. Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Seymour, Greg Martinez, Elena M. Heckert, Jessica Rubin, Deborah Vaz, Ana Yount, Kathryn M. Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project, Phase 2 (GAAP2) Study Team gender gender equality women's empowerment agencies capacity development empowerment agricultural development women In this paper, the authors describe the adaptation and validation of a project-level WEAI (or pro-WEAI) that agricultural development projects can use to identify key areas of women’s (and men’s) disempowerment, design appropriate strategies to address identified deficiencies, and monitor project outcomes related to women’s empowerment. The 12 pro-WEAI indicators are mapped to three domains: intrinsic agency (power within), instrumental agency (power to), and collective agency (power with). A gender parity index compares the empowerment scores of men and women in the same household. The authors describe the development of pro-WEAI, including: (1) pro-WEAI’s distinctiveness from other versions of the WEAI; (2) the process of piloting pro-WEAI in 13 agricultural development projects during the Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project, phase 2 (GAAP2); (3) analysis of quantitative data from the GAAP2 projects, including intrahousehold patterns of empowerment; and (4) a summary of the findings from the qualitative work exploring concepts of women’s empowerment in the project sites. The paper concludes with a discussion of lessons learned from pro-WEAI and possibilities for further development of empowerment metrics. 2019-01-18 2024-06-21T09:08:37Z 2024-06-21T09:08:37Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146758 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154140 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148376 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133060 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133872 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134302 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134300 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134478 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134482 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149834 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133077 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133936 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136405 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Malapit, Hazel J.; Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; Seymour, Gregory; Martinez, Elena M.; Heckert, Jessica; Rubin, Deborah; Vaz, Ana; and Yount, Kathryn M. 2019. Development of the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI). IFPRI Discussion Paper 1796. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146758
spellingShingle gender
gender equality
women's empowerment
agencies
capacity development
empowerment
agricultural development
women
Malapit, Hazel J.
Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
Seymour, Greg
Martinez, Elena M.
Heckert, Jessica
Rubin, Deborah
Vaz, Ana
Yount, Kathryn M.
Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project, Phase 2 (GAAP2) Study Team
Development of the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI)
title Development of the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI)
title_full Development of the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI)
title_fullStr Development of the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI)
title_full_unstemmed Development of the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI)
title_short Development of the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI)
title_sort development of the project level women s empowerment in agriculture index pro weai
topic gender
gender equality
women's empowerment
agencies
capacity development
empowerment
agricultural development
women
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146758
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