Women’s empowerment in agriculture: Lessons from qualitative research
There is growing recognition of the importance of women’s empowerment in its own right and for a range of development outcomes, but less understanding of what empowerment means to rural women and men. The challenge of measuring empowerment, particularly across cultures and contexts, is also garnerin...
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| author | Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Rubin, Deborah Elias, Marlène Mulema, Annet A. Myer, Emily |
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| description | There is growing recognition of the importance of women’s empowerment in its own right and for a range of development outcomes, but less understanding of what empowerment means to rural women and men. The challenge of measuring empowerment, particularly across cultures and contexts, is also garnering attention. This paper synthesizes qualitative research conducted conjointly with quantitative surveys, working with eight agricultural development projects in eight countries, to develop a project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI). The qualitative research sought to identify emic meanings of “empowerment,” validate the domains and indicators of the quantitative index, provide greater understanding of the context of each project and of strategies for facilitating empowerment, and test a methodology for integrating emic perspectives of empowerment with standardized etic measures that allow for comparability across contexts. |
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| spelling | CGSpace995342025-11-06T07:11:19Z Women’s empowerment in agriculture: Lessons from qualitative research Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Rubin, Deborah Elias, Marlène Mulema, Annet A. Myer, Emily gender women's empowerment indicators capacity development empowerment qualitative analysis women There is growing recognition of the importance of women’s empowerment in its own right and for a range of development outcomes, but less understanding of what empowerment means to rural women and men. The challenge of measuring empowerment, particularly across cultures and contexts, is also garnering attention. This paper synthesizes qualitative research conducted conjointly with quantitative surveys, working with eight agricultural development projects in eight countries, to develop a project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI). The qualitative research sought to identify emic meanings of “empowerment,” validate the domains and indicators of the quantitative index, provide greater understanding of the context of each project and of strategies for facilitating empowerment, and test a methodology for integrating emic perspectives of empowerment with standardized etic measures that allow for comparability across contexts. 2019-01-15 2019-02-22T14:08:44Z 2019-02-22T14:08:44Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99534 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154140 https://doi.org/10.2499/1020502310 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133061 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134159 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134478 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134482 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134531 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149834 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133077 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2022.01.003 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Meinzen-Dick, R., Rubin, D., Elias, M., Mulema, A. and Myers, E. 2019. Women’s empowerment in agriculture: Lessons from qualitative research. IFPRI Discussion Paper 01797. Washington, DC: IFPRI. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99534 |
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| title | Women’s empowerment in agriculture: Lessons from qualitative research |
| title_full | Women’s empowerment in agriculture: Lessons from qualitative research |
| title_fullStr | Women’s empowerment in agriculture: Lessons from qualitative research |
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| title_short | Women’s empowerment in agriculture: Lessons from qualitative research |
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| topic | gender women's empowerment indicators capacity development empowerment qualitative analysis women |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99534 |
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