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Do tradeoffs among dimensions of women’s empowerment and nutrition outcomes exist? Evidence from six countries in Africa and Asia por Quisumbing, Agnes R., Sproule, Kathryn, Martinez, Elena M., Malapit, Hazel J.

“…This paper applies a comparable methodology to data on the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), an internationally-validated measure based on interviews of women and men within the same household, from six countries in Africa and Asia to identify which dimensions of women’s empowerment are related to household-, woman-, and child-level dietary and nutrition outcomes. …”
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Gender empowerment gaps in agriculture and children’s well-being in Bangladesh por Malapit, Hazel J., Sraboni, Esha, Quisumbing, Agnes R., Ahmed, Akhter

“…We measure relative empowerment using direct measures of empowerment collected from men and women in the same households using the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index. Our findings suggest that gender gaps in empowerment are only weakly linked to children’s nutrition, although different measures of empowerment reveal significant differences between boys’ and girls’ outcomes, depending on the measures used. …”
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Empowerment unveiled: Gender dynamics and the impact of nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions among ethnic minority groups in northern Vietnam por Nguyen Thi, Lan Thuy, van den Berg, Marrit, Stomph, TjeerdJan, Nabuuma, Deborah, Kramer, Berber

“…This study focuses on: 1) assessing the empowerment levels of women and men from three ethnic minorities in rural northern Vietnam (Thai, H'Mong and Dao) with the Project-level women's empowerment in agriculture index (Pro-WEAI); 2) examining the potential of NSA to improve women's empowerment during COVID-19 pandemic; and 3) applying an intersectional lens by analyzing how empowerment and treatment effects vary by ethnic subgroups. …”
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Community concept drawing: Application of a participatory tool for analyzing empowerment across African contexts por McOmber C, D'Auria Riley, T., McKune, Sarah, Russo, Sandra

“…Most recently, the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index has joined a growing number of tools aimed at measuring empowerment in developing countries. …”
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The status of women’s empowerment in the aquaculture sector in Kenya por Adam, Rahma, Subian, Farha, Njogu, Lucy

“…The Abbreviated Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (A-WEAI) was adapted to Abbreviated Women’s Empowerment in Fisheries and Aquaculture Index (A-WEFI) to suit the aquaculture and fisheries sub-sector. …”
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Measuring empowerment across the value chain: The evolution of the project-level Women’s Empowerment Index for Market Inclusion (pro-WEAI+MI) por Malapit, Hazel J., Heckert, Jessica, Adegbola, Patrice Ygué, Crinot, Geraud Fabrice, Eissler, Sarah, Faas, Simone, Gantoli, Geoffroy, Kalagho, Kenan, Martinez, Elena M., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Mswero, Grace, Myers, Emily, Mzungu, Diston, Pereira, Audrey, Pinkstaff, Crossley, Quisumbing, Agnes R., Ragasa, Catherine, Rubin, Deborah, Seymour, Greg, Tauseef, Salauddin, GAAP2 Market Inclusion Study Team

“…We describe how we adapted the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agricultural Index (pro-WEAI), a mixed-methods tool for studying empowerment in development projects, to include aspects of agency relevant for multiple types of value chain actors. …”
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Impact of a gender and nutrition behavioral change communication amid the COVID-19 crisis in Myanmar’s Central Dry Zone por Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity

“…Our analysis employs data from the baseline survey implemented in February 2020 and a phone survey implemented in February–March 2021 and focuses on women’s dietary diversity and sub-indicators of the project-level women’s empowerment in agriculture index (pro-WEAI). Two indicators of women’s empowerment―inputs to productive decisions and access to and decisions over credit―improved, indicating that SBCC interventions can contribute to changing gendered perceptions and behaviors; however, most of the empowerment indicators did not change, indicating that much of gendered norms and beliefs take time to change. …”
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Women’s empowerment, extended families and male migration in Nepal: Insights from mixed methods analysis por Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Pereira, Audrey, Pradhan, Rajendra, Doss, Cheryl R.

“…The study first examines the factors affecting overall empowerment as measured by the Abbreviated Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (A-WEAI), followed by more detailed qualitative and quantitative analysis of how each factor affects individual domains including asset ownership, access to and decisions on credit, control over use of income, group membership, input in productive decisions, and work load. …”
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Water, sanitation, and hygiene practices mediate the association between women's empowerment and child length for‐age z‐scores in Nepal por Cunningham, Kenda, Ferguson, Elaine, Ruel, Marie T., Uauy, Ricardo, Kadiyala, Suneetha, Menon, Purnima, Ploubidis, George B.

“…With a cross‐sectional dataset of 4,080 households from 240 rural communities across 16 districts of Nepal, we used ordinary least squares regression models to first estimate the associations between women's empowerment and LAZ for children 6 to 24 months (n = 1,402; our previous published analysis included all children <24 months of age), using the Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index's Five Domains of Empowerment subindex. …”
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Women’s empowerment in agriculture and child nutritional status in rural Nepal por Cunningham, Kenda, Ploubidis, George B., Menon, Purnima, Ruel, Marie T., Kadiyala, Suneetha, Uauy, Ricardo, Ferguson, Elaine

“…Associations between the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI)’s Five Domains of Empowerment (5DE) sub-index and its ten component indicators and child length-for-ageZ-scores (LAZ) and weight-for-lengthZ-scores (WLZ) were estimated, using ordinary least-squares regression models, with and without adjustments for key child, maternal and household level covariates.Two hundred and forty rural communities across sixteen districts of Nepal.Children under 24 months of age and their mothers (n1787).The overall WEAI 5DE was positively associated with LAZ (β=0·20,P=0·04). …”
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Can farmer collectives empower women and improve their welfare? Mixed methods evidence from India por Ray, Soumyajit, Raghunathan, Kalyani, Bhanjdeo, Arundhita, Heckert, Jessica

“…We collect household data on asset ownership and agricultural outcomes and individual data on women’s and men’s empowerment using the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index for Market Inclusion (pro-WEAI+MI). Our results for asset ownership, land cultivated, cropping intensity, and per acre yields, revenues or costs are statistically insignificant. …”
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Enhancing agency and empowerment in agricultural development projects: A synthesis of mixed methods impact evaluations from the Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project, Phase 2 (GA... por Quisumbing, Agnes R., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Malapit, Hazel J., Seymour, Greg, Heckert, Jessica, Doss, Cheryl, Johnson, Nancy L., Rubin, Deborah, Ramani, Gayathri V., Myers, Emily, van Biljon, Chloe, Mulema, Annet, Hannan, Anika, Go, Ara, Argento, Federica, Ahmed, Akhter, Roy, Shalini, Schreinemachers, Pepijn, de Brauw, Alan, Kramer, Berber, Murphy, Mike, Crookston, Benjamin, Gash, Megan, Theis, Sophie, Bellemare, Marc, Casier, Bart, James, Susan, Krause, Brooke, Lardinois, Mathias, McCarthy, Aine, Gabrysch, Sabine, Sinharoy, Sheela, Waid, Jillian, Wendt, Amanda, Ganaba, Rasmane, Gelli, Aulo, Martinez, Elena M., Pedehombga, Abdoulaye, Sanou, Armande, Zougouri, Sita, Alonso, Silvia, Galiè, Alessandra, Kakota, Tasokwa, Leroy, Jef L., Palloni, Giordano, Bryan, Elizabeth, Miah, Mamun, Kumar, Neha, Siraj, Saiqa, Alemu, Mihret, Boonabaana, Brenda, Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework, Kaaria, Susan, Hillesland, Marya, Mane, Erdgin, Slavchevska, Vanya, Choudhury, Avijit, Khetan, Madhu, Raghunathan, Kalyani, Thai, Giang, Gray, Bobbi, Benali, Marwan, Janzen, Sarah, Joshi, Neena, Magnan, Nicholas, Pradhan, Rajendra, Sharma, Sudhindra

“…As part of GAAP2, qualitative and quantitative data were used to develop and validate the multidimensional project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI), which was used to assess the impact of GAAP2 projects on women’s empowerment. …”
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Deconstructing leisure time and workload: case of women bean producers in Kenya por Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh, Mutua, Mercy M., Odhiambo, Collins, Nchanji, Yvonne Kiki, Karanja, David

“…Method: The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) was conducted to understand women’s empowerment and disempowerment status in agricultural activities in five counties in Kenya in 2017. …”
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TH1.1: Intra-household decision-making and sustained use of agricultural crop technologies: Evidence from smallholder women farmers in rural Uganda por Sanya, Losira N., Kyazze, Florence Birungi, Kakuru, Medard, Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh

“…We estimate how empowerment in decision making, measured using indicators drawn from the project level Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index mediates sustained use of improved crop varieties. …”
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Emic definitions of empowerment for just development: learnings from Kenya por Zaremba, Haley, Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh, Guettou-Djurfeldt, Nadia, North, Hanna, Slavchevska, Vanya, Macchioni Giaquinto, Annarita

“…It also examines how emic understandings of empowerment—definitions which originate from within a given cultural context—compare to quantitative empowerment measures based on externally defined indicators from the Project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI). The study design used mixed methods, with qualitative data collected through focus group discussions, life histories, and community profiles, and quantitative data collected through the pro-WEAI survey tool. …”
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Designing for empowerment impact in agricultural development projects: Experimental evidence from the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL) project in Bangladesh por Quisumbing, Agnes R., Ahmed, Akhter, Hoddinott, John F., Pereira, Audrey, Roy, Shalini

“…Empowerment was measured using the internationally-validated project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI), and attitudes regarding gender roles were elicited from both men and women, to explore potentially gender-transformative impacts. …”
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Designing for empowerment impact in agricultural development projects: Experimental evidence from the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL) project in Bangladesh por Quisumbing, Agnes R., Ahmed, Akhter, Hoddinott, John F., Pereira, Audrey, Roy, Shalini

“…Empowerment was measured using the internationally-validated project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI), and attitudes regarding gender roles were elicited from both men and women, to explore potentially gender-transformative impacts. …”
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Understanding modifiable caregiver factors contributing to child development among young children in rural Malawi por Bliznashka, Lilia, Nwabuikwu, Odiche, Ahun, Marilyn, Becker, Karoline, Nnensa, Theresa, Roschnik, Natalie, Kachinjika, Monice, Mvula, Peter, Munthali, Alister, Ndolo, Victoria, Katundu, Mangani, Maleta, Kenneth, Quisumbing, Agnes R., Gladstone, Melissa, Gelli, Aulo

“…We fit an evidence-based theoretical model using structural equation modelling examining four caregiver factors: (1) diet diversity (sum of food groups consumed in the past 24 h), (2) empowerment (assessed using the project-level Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index), (3) mental health (assessed using the Self-Reported Questionnaire, SRQ-20), and (4) stimulation (number of stimulation activities the mother engaged in the past 3 days). …”
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How do women’s empowerment metrics measure up? A comparative analysis por Bageant, Elizabeth, Lentz, Erin, Narayanan, Sudha, Jensen, Nathaniel D., Lepariyo, Watson

“…Using data collected from a single sample of women from rural, northern Kenya, we compare five empowerment metrics: The Project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI) and associated Health and Nutrition Module (HN), Women’s Empowerment in Nutrition Index (WENI), Women’s Empowerment in Livestock Index (WELI), and the Survey Based Women’s Empowerment Index (SWPER). …”
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Enhancing women's empowerment and climate-adaptive capacities in aquaculture in climate hotspots in Zambia por Mudege, N.N., Lecoutere, E., Arhin-Sam, K., Kihoro, E., Kakwasha, K., Manyise, T.

“…The research additionally compares project-level Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI) measures between treatment and control groups. …”
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