Women’s empowerment and nutrition: An evidence review

This paper starts by reflecting on the concept and measurement of women’s empowerment and then reviews some of the structural interventions that aim to influence underlying gender norms in society and eradicate gender discrimination. It then proceeds to review the evidence of the impact of three typ...

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Autores principales: van den Bold, Mara, Quisumbing, Agnes R., Gillespie, Stuart
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153621
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description This paper starts by reflecting on the concept and measurement of women’s empowerment and then reviews some of the structural interventions that aim to influence underlying gender norms in society and eradicate gender discrimination. It then proceeds to review the evidence of the impact of three types of interventions—cash transfer programs, agricultural interventions, and microfinance programs—on women’s empowerment, nutrition, or both.
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spelling CGSpace1536212025-11-06T07:18:49Z Women’s empowerment and nutrition: An evidence review van den Bold, Mara Quisumbing, Agnes R. Gillespie, Stuart gender women empowerment microfinance agriculture nutrition cash transfers women's empowerment time use patterns This paper starts by reflecting on the concept and measurement of women’s empowerment and then reviews some of the structural interventions that aim to influence underlying gender norms in society and eradicate gender discrimination. It then proceeds to review the evidence of the impact of three types of interventions—cash transfer programs, agricultural interventions, and microfinance programs—on women’s empowerment, nutrition, or both. 2013 2024-10-01T13:56:54Z 2024-10-01T13:56:54Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153621 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute van den Bold, Mara; Quisumbing, Agnes R. and Gillespie, Stuart. 2013. Women’s empowerment and nutrition: An evidence review. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1294. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153621
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van den Bold, Mara
Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Gillespie, Stuart
Women’s empowerment and nutrition: An evidence review
title Women’s empowerment and nutrition: An evidence review
title_full Women’s empowerment and nutrition: An evidence review
title_fullStr Women’s empowerment and nutrition: An evidence review
title_full_unstemmed Women’s empowerment and nutrition: An evidence review
title_short Women’s empowerment and nutrition: An evidence review
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topic gender
women
empowerment
microfinance
agriculture
nutrition
cash transfers
women's empowerment
time use patterns
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