Sources of bias when measuring women’s empowerment in fragile and conflict-affected settings: A story of four case studies

Accurately measuring women’s empowerment systematically across a variety of settings is critical to ensure equal access to market participation, control of the use of productive resources, opportunities for work and decision-making power. Collecting accurate data in fragile and conflict-affected set...

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Autores principales: Ambler, Kate, Bloem, Jeffrey R.
Formato: Blog Post
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Livestock Research Institute 2025
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176156
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description Accurately measuring women’s empowerment systematically across a variety of settings is critical to ensure equal access to market participation, control of the use of productive resources, opportunities for work and decision-making power. Collecting accurate data in fragile and conflict-affected settings, however, is a consistent challenge. For example, the timing of when survey data can be collected safely and differing household composition—due to migration tendencies motivated by safety or economic considerations—can complicate the use of standard survey techniques used to measure women’s empowerment.
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spelling CGSpace1761562025-08-20T18:54:06Z Sources of bias when measuring women’s empowerment in fragile and conflict-affected settings: A story of four case studies Ambler, Kate Bloem, Jeffrey R. women's empowerment fragility surveys data Accurately measuring women’s empowerment systematically across a variety of settings is critical to ensure equal access to market participation, control of the use of productive resources, opportunities for work and decision-making power. Collecting accurate data in fragile and conflict-affected settings, however, is a consistent challenge. For example, the timing of when survey data can be collected safely and differing household composition—due to migration tendencies motivated by safety or economic considerations—can complicate the use of standard survey techniques used to measure women’s empowerment. 2025-08-18 2025-08-20T18:54:05Z 2025-08-20T18:54:05Z Blog Post https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176156 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/163672 Open Access International Livestock Research Institute Ambler, Kate; and Bloem, Jeffrey R. 2025. Sources of bias when measuring women’s empowerment in fragile and conflict-affected settings: a story of four case studies. CGIAR Gender Impact Platform. Blog post published online August 18, 2025. https://gender.cgiar.org/news/sources-bias-when-measuring-womens-empowerment-fragile-and-conflict-affected-settings-story
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