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Gender Inequality: Critical Consciousness Scale by Measures for Advancing Gender Equality (MAGNET) Initiative

“…The scale has three components: critical reflection (degree to which women are aware of the conditions that discriminate them), critical action (what they do to push for change), and critical motivation (desire for egalitarianism). This tool is suited for surveys run by NSOs, other nationally representative individual- or household-level surveys, and for targeted thematic or impact evaluation surveys. …”
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The Lancet One Health Commission: harnessing our interconnectedness for equitable, sustainable, and healthy socioecological systems by Winkler, A.S., Brux, C.M., Carabin, H., Neves, C.G. das, Häsler, B., Zinsstag, J., Fèvre, Eric M., Okello, A., Laing, G., Harrison, W.E., Pöntinen, A.K., Huber, A., Ruckert, A., Natterson-Horowitz, B., Abela, B., Aenishaenslin, C., Heymann, D.L., Rødland, E.K., Berthe, F.C.J., Capua, I., Sejvar, J., Lubroth, J., Corander, J., May, J., Roth, L.F., Thomas, Lian F., Blumberg, L., Lapinski, M.K., Stone, M., Agbogbatey, M.K., Xiao, N., Hassan, O.A., Dar, O., Daszak, P., Guinto, R.R., Senturk, S., Sahay, S., Samuels, T.A., Wasteson, Y., Amuasi, J.H.

“…This Commission is guided by a One Health ethos comprising principles of holism and systems thinking, epistemological pluralism, equity and egalitarianism, and stewardship and sustainability. The Commission also engages a socioecological systems perspective that sheds light on the crucial importance of the environment, including plants, soil, water, air, wildlife, biodiversity, and climate. …”
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Aspirations and women's empowerment: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan by Kosec, Katrina, Song, Jie

“…Higher aspirations on the part of husbands predicts more egalitarian gender attitudes for both the husband and his wife. …”
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Signs of change: Evidence on women’s time use, identity, and subjective well-being in rural Bangladesh by Seymour, Greg, Floro, Maria S.

“…Analyzing household survey data from rural Bangladesh, we find that longer hours spent on household work are associated with lower levels of subjective well-being among women who hold egalitarian notions of gender roles, while the reverse is true for women who hold patriarchal notions of gender roles. …”
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Staking claim to entitlements under MGNREGA: How can women make their demands? by Raghunathan, Kalyani, Kosec, Katrina, Kyle, Jordan, Narayanan, Sudha, Ray, Soumyajit

“…There are internal constraints and structural barriers to women’s claim-making under MGNREGA. Supporting more egalitarian decision-making within the village, designing interventions that can help women gain confidence to speak out in public and making officials more responsive could all help.…”
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Aspirations and women’s empowerment: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan by Kosec, Katrina, Akramov, Kamiljon T., Mirkasimov, Bakhrom, Song, Jie

“…We find that having a husband who sets ambitious goals for himself predicts more egalitarian gender attitudes for both the husband and his wife. …”
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Land inheritance and schooling in matrilineal societies: evidence from Sumatra by Quisumbing, Agnes R., Otsuka, Keijiro

“…The inheritance system is evolving from a strictly matrilineal system to a more egalitarian system in which sons and daughters inherit the type of land that is more intensive in their own work effort. …”
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Aspirations and women's empowerment: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan by Kosec, Katrina, Akramov, Kamiljon T., Mirkasimov, Bakhrom, Song, Jie, Zhao, Hongdi

“…We find that women in Kyrgyzstan with higher aspirations are more likely to espouse egalitarian gender attitudes, as are their husbands, and their husbands have higher aspirations. …”
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Gender relations in forest societies in Asia by Kelkar, G., Nathan, D.

“…Based on fieldwork several indigenous societies in South and Southeast Asia, this article explores the change in gender relations from a matrilineal and/or egalitarian system to one where male domination is present as the norm. …”
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The impact of alternative development strategies on growth and distribution: simulations with a dynamic model for Egypt by El-Said, Moataz, Lofgren, Hans, Robinson, Sherman

“…A crucial policy objectives for achieving rapid and egalitarian growth for the Egyptian economy is the ability to secure improved access to international textile markets and the successful expansion of agricultural exports.…”
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Identity, household work, and subjective well-being among rural women in Bangladesh by Seymour, Gregory, Floro, Maria S.

“…Importantly, this pattern holds only when a woman strongly identifies with patriarchal or egalitarian notions of gender role.…”
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Alternative industrial development paths for Indonesia: SAM and CGE analyses by Bautista, Romeo M., Robinson, Sherman, El-Said, Moataz

“…Special attention is given to the overall income and equity effects, considering that egalitarian growth has become a particularly important development objective in Indonesia. …”
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The effects of migration and remittances on inequality in rural Pakistan by Adams, Richard H., Jr.

“…For example, Stark, Taylor and Yitzhaki (1986) fmd that internal and international remittances in Mexico have an egalitarian effect on rural income distribution.1 Two major reasons appear to account for such lack of consensus on the effect of remittances upon rural income distribution: the use of local-level data collection techniques that preclude making unambiguous empirical judgements about the effects of remittances; and the reluctance or inability to use predicted income functions to accurately estimate income before and after remittances.…”
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Farmer seed networks make a limited contribution to agriculture? Four common misconceptions by Coomes, O.T., McGuire, S.J., Garine, E., Caillon, S., McKey, D., Demeulenaere, E., Jarvis, D., Aistara, G., Barnaud, Adéline, Clouvel, P., Emperaire, L., Louafi, S., Martin, P., Massol, F., Pautasso, M., Violon, C., Wencelius, J.

“…In this paper we identify four common misconceptions regarding the nature and importance of farmer seed networks today. (1) Farmer seed networks are inefficient for seed dissemination. (2) Farmer seed networks are closed, conservative systems. (3) Farmer seed networks provide ready, egalitarian access to seed. (4) Farmer seed networks are destined to weaken and disappear. …”
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Small ruminant value chain and empowerment: a gendered baseline study from Ethiopia by Kinati, Wole, Temple, Elizabeth C., Baker, A. Derek, Najjar, Dina

“…Participation in a small ruminant value chain may encourage more egalitarian decision-making behaviors but does not guarantee the capacity to make autonomous decision-making, and thus needs to be coupled with interventions on empowerment dimensions. …”
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Individualization of land rights and gender-differentiated inheritance in matrilineal Sumatra: efficiency and equity implications by Quisumbing, Agnes R., Otsuka, Keijiro

“…The inheritance system seems to be evolving from a strictly matrilineal system to a more egalitarian system in which sons and daughters inherit the type of land which is more intensive in their own work effort. …”
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Impact of women’s empowerment in agriculture on farm productivity and household resilience in rural Bihar by Gupta, Shweta

“…Moreover, empowered women were concentrated among historically disadvantages groups like lower castes and lower wealth quintiles, groups that have relatively egalitarian gender norms and higher participation of women in the workforce. …”
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Do environmental services buyers prefer differentiated rates? a case study from the Colombian Andes by Moreno Sánchez, R.P., Maldonado, J.H., Wunder, Sven, Borda, C.A.

“…Flat user fees in payment for environmental services (PES) schemes promote administrative ease, and are sometimes perceived as egalitarian. However, when environmental service (ES) buyers are heterogeneous in their income and water consumption levels, this may not be optimal, as total payments become too low and services are under-supplied. …”
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Empowerment in agricultural value chains: Mixed methods evidence from the Philippines by Malapit, Hazel J., Ragasa, Catherine, Martinez, Elena M., Rubin, Deborah, Seymour, Greg, Quisumbing, Agnes R.

“…Our results show that, despite the egalitarian gender norms in the Philippines, persistent gender stereotypes influence men’s and women’s empowerment and VC participation.…”
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How do perceptions of relative poverty affect women's empowerment? Evidence from Papua New Guinea by Kosec, Katrina, Mo, Cecilia Hyunjung, Schmidt, Emily, Song, Jie

“…On the other hand, to the extent that empowering women can improve household welfare, feeling economically vulnerable could motivate more egalitarian gender attitudes with respect to economic participation. …”
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