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Bridging youth and gender studies to analyse rural young women and men's livelihood pathways in Central Uganda by Rietveld, Anne M., Burg, Margreet van der, Groot, Jeroen C.J.

“…Examples were young women's weaker resource base (land) and gender norms which discourage young women's independent commercial (agricultural) activities. …”
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Gender equity considerations in food environments of low and middle income countries: A scoping review by Twyman, Jennifer, Elise, Talsma, Togka, Konstantina, Ferraboschi, Chiara, Brouwer, Inge D.

“…Those that do exist suggest that a food systems approach to healthier diets consider gender roles and responsibilities (i.e. gender division of labor and time use concerns), gendered access to and control over resources, and gender in decision-making processes. Gender norms related to these issues can present barriers to achieving the desired outcomes of food system interventions; on the other hand, they may also offer opportunities or clues about how to better move forward to achieve both food and nutrition security, and gender equity and equality goals.…”
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Gender and social seed networks for climate change adaptation: Evidence from bean, finger millet, and sorghum seed systems in East Africa by Otieno, Gloria, Zebrowski, Wesley Mlsna, Recha, Tobias, Reynolds, Travis William

“…In many East African countries, women and men have different levels of access to formal markets for agricultural inputs, including seed, reflecting a combination of gender norms and resource constraints. As a result, women and men may have different levels of participation in—and reliance upon—informal seed systems for sourcing preferred planting material and accessing new crop varieties over time. …”
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Assessment of women's benefits and constraints in participating in agroforestry exemplar landscapes by Nguyen, M.P., North, H., Duong, M.T., Nguyen, M.C.

“…Women are highly constrained by gender norms, access to resources, decision-making power and a prevailing positive-feedback loop of time poverty, especially in H'mong community. …”
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TH3.3: Beyond crops: Towards gender equality in forestry, fisheries, aquaculture, and livestock development by Elias, Marlène, Zaremba, Haley, Tavenner, Katie, Ragasa, Catherine, Paez Valencia, Ana Maria, Choudhary, Afrina, Haan, Nicoline C. de

“…s (2021) Gendered Food Systems framework, we demonstrate that, to achieve transformative change in food systems, changes in each sector are required in women's agency, access to and control over resources, gender norms, and policies and governance. Such changes can improve dietary outcomes, gender equality and women's empowerment, economic and livelihood outcomes, and environmental outcomes. …”
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FR1.2: Is Women's Empowerment Bearing Fruit? Mapping Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) results to the Gender and Food Systems Framework by Myers, Emily, Heckert, Jessica, Faas, Simone, Malapit, Hazel J., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Raghunathan, Kalyani, Quisumbing, Agnes R.

“…The findings suggest that increasing women's empowerment and closing empowerment gaps contribute to improved dietary and nutrition outcomes, but household wealth, gender norms, and country-specific institutions are also critical. …”
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TH3.1: Women empowerment among ethnic minority communities in Northern Vietnam: Lessons from a seed system for nutrition intervention by Nabuuma, Deborah, Nguyen Thi Thuy Lan, Hoang The Ky, Kramer, Berber, Berg, Marrit van den, Ngo Thi Hanh, Stomph, TjeerdJan, Swaans, Cornelis P.M.

“…Since women's high workload appears related to existing gender norms and stereotypes, seed system and nutrition intervention impact can be strengthened by labour-sensitive and accessible innovations and addressing the location specific barriers.…”
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FR1.1: Gender mainstreaming from an institutional perspective: Cases of small and micro irrigation projects in Ethiopia by Nigussie, Likimyelesh, Minh, Thai Thi, Schmmiter, Petra

“…Further, institutional biases and limited capacities reproduce gender inequality by reinforcing stereotypical gender norms. This implies, enhancing the success of gender mainstreaming strategies call for a holistic approach that facilitate transformative change at different scale through broad based partnership between actors at scale.…”
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FR2.3: What influences women's participation in water governance? Preliminary findings from Bangladesh by Singaraju, Niyati, Sarker, Mou Rani, Batas, Mary Ann, Akther, Rima, Dash, Mahanam, Mondal, Manoranjan K., Puskur, Ranjitha, Yadav, Sudhir

“…The preliminary findings highlight that tackling restrictive gender norms to redistribute the unpaid domestic work burden of women is one way of enabling effective participation in water governance.…”
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From Within and Without: Gender, agency and sustainable management of non-timber forest products in two Indian States by Jalonen, Riina, Ferraz Ziegert, Rafaella, Lamers, Hugo A.H., Hegde, Narasimha

“…The results indicate that agency perspectives are useful in stimulating discussion about locally relevant NTFP management options, but that social and gender norms and poor relationships with forestry authorities constrain the agency of vulnerable groups in identifying opportunities for change.…”
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Gendered effects of migration on social organization and smallholder production in Oubritenga Province, Burkina Faso by Langill, Jennifer Catherine, Elias, Marlène, Vinceti, Barbara, Traoré, Alain, Traoré, Daouda

“…Instead, outmigration offers potential for complementarity with and indeed new investments in the family farm, while deeply entrenched gender norms and cultural expectations raise questions about the sociocultural and intra-household outcomes of diversifying livelihoods through migration.…”
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Exploration of gender dynamics in the production and marketing of forage technologies in Kenya by Njiru, Nelly, Galiè, Alessandra, Wanyoike, Francis N., Tawanda, M., Boonabaana, B., Bisikwa, J., Njuguna-Mungai, Esther, Jones, Christopher S., Baltenweck, Isabelle

“…We conclude that cooperative membership for men should be supported, while at the same time gender norms that reduce women’s engagement with cooperatives, and their access to and control over land, should be challenged.…”
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Gender relations in adoption of Brachiaria fodder grass in Muhoroni, Rongo, Mbooni and Kilome sub-counties in Kenya by Njiru, Nelly, Galiè, Alessandra, Wanyoike, Francis N., Mashonganyika, Tawanda, Boonabaana, Brenda, Bisikwa, Jeniffer, Njuguna-Mungai, Esther, Jones, Christopher S., Baltenweck, Isabelle

“…Pathways for women’s and men’s empowerment exist through the sale of planting materials, hay bales, and an increased volume of milk obtained when cows are fed with Brachiaria. However, gender norms that reduce women’s engagement with cooperatives, and their access to and control over land, should be challenged.…”
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Gendered challenges and coping strategies of women smallholder farmers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal’s Tarai region: A feminist political ecology perspective by Das, Dipika, Poudel, Sanjeev, Dhakal, Purushottam, Dutta, Kuntala Lahiri

“…The study investigates how power dynamics, gender norms and sociocultural practices at the household and community levels affected the women farmers’ coping mechanisms from a feminist political ecology perspective. …”
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Why are women more food insecure than men? Exploring socio-economic drivers and the role of COVID-19 in widening the global gender gap by Mane, Erdgin, Giaquinto, Annarita Macchioni, Cafiero, Carlo, Viviani, Sara, Anriquez, Gustavo

“…The differences by sex, residence, and age were significant even after controlling for income, education, employment, marital status, and household composition, indicating that other unobserved factors, including gender norms and discrimination, continue to hinder women’s food security. …”
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Impact of a gender and nutrition behavioral change communication amid the COVID-19 crisis in Myanmar’s Central Dry Zone by Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity

“…Gender messaging can change some gendered perceptions; but it may take more time to change deeply ingrained gender norms. Nutrition messaging can help counter the declines in dietary quality that would be expected from negative shocks to supply chains and incomes.…”
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Gender bias in customer perceptions: The case of agro-input dealers in Uganda by De, Anusha, Miehe, Caroline, Van Campenhout, Bjorn

“…Policies and interventions designed to challenge gender norms and customs are needed to correct this bias.…”
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Migration, labor, and women’s empowerment: Evidence from an agricultural value chain in Bangladesh by de Brauw, Alan, Kramer, Berber, Murphy, Mike

“…These findings suggest that given existing gender norms, male and female labor are not perfect substitutes for one another, and as a result, male outmigration is not associated with improved outcomes for women in cash crop production. …”
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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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