Helping women respond to the global food price crisis

The current food price crisis has received widespread attention, but discussions to date have largely overlooked the gender dimensions of the crisis. More than 15 years of rigorous research on gender and intrahousehold resource allocation suggest not only that men and women will be affected differen...

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Autores principales: Quisumbing, Agnes R., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Bassett, Lucy, Usnick, Michael, Pandolfelli, Lauren, Morden, Cheryl, Alderman, Harold
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161627
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author Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
Bassett, Lucy
Usnick, Michael
Pandolfelli, Lauren
Morden, Cheryl
Alderman, Harold
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Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Usnick, Michael
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Pandolfelli, Lauren
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description The current food price crisis has received widespread attention, but discussions to date have largely overlooked the gender dimensions of the crisis. More than 15 years of rigorous research on gender and intrahousehold resource allocation suggest not only that men and women will be affected differently by the global food crisis, but also that, as both consumers and producers, they will have different stocks of resources with which to respond to rising prices. Although the current situation calls for an urgent national and international response, urgency is not an excuse for misguided policies that fail to address the gender implications of the crisis. Instead, decisionmakers should take this opportunity to incorporate what is known about women's roles in agricultural production and household welfare, and the specific challenges they face, both to craft more effective policy responses and to enable women to respond better to the current challenges and opportunities.
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spelling CGSpace1616272025-11-06T04:36:23Z Helping women respond to the global food price crisis Quisumbing, Agnes R. Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Bassett, Lucy Usnick, Michael Pandolfelli, Lauren Morden, Cheryl Alderman, Harold food prices women gender social protection women farmers The current food price crisis has received widespread attention, but discussions to date have largely overlooked the gender dimensions of the crisis. More than 15 years of rigorous research on gender and intrahousehold resource allocation suggest not only that men and women will be affected differently by the global food crisis, but also that, as both consumers and producers, they will have different stocks of resources with which to respond to rising prices. Although the current situation calls for an urgent national and international response, urgency is not an excuse for misguided policies that fail to address the gender implications of the crisis. Instead, decisionmakers should take this opportunity to incorporate what is known about women's roles in agricultural production and household welfare, and the specific challenges they face, both to craft more effective policy responses and to enable women to respond better to the current challenges and opportunities. 2008 2024-11-21T09:56:53Z 2024-11-21T09:56:53Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161627 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; Bassett, Lucy; Usnick, Michael; Pandolfelli, Lauren; Morden, Cheryl; Alderman, Harold. 2008. Helping women respond to the global food price crisis. IFPRI Policy Brief 7. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161627
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Alderman, Harold
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