Search Results - Older women

Digital agricultural platforms and inclusivity: Access needs for user groups of the EzyAgric Platform in Uganda by Ajambo, Susan, Kikulwe, Enoch, Birachi, Eliud, Ogutu, Sylvester Ochieng

“…To create a more inclusive design, a study was conducted to investigate the access needs of different user groups. These included women, youth, older people, people with disabilities, and those with low levels of education. …”
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Measuring norms and beliefs about gender-based violence among adolescent girls and young women in rural Senegal: Psychometric validation in a novel population and setting by Heckert, Jessica, Dione, Malick, Hidrobo, Melissa, Peterman, Amber, Le Port, Agnes, Seye, Moustapha

“…Intimate partner violence (IPV) and non-partner sexual violence (NPSV) are forms of gender-based violence (GBV) and contribute to a range of poor mental and physical health outcomes (Beydoun et al., 2012; Dillon et al., 2013; Flor et al., 2025). Among ever-partnered women aged 15 and older in the Africa region, 33% report physical and/or sexual IPV in their lifetime and 19% in the past year (Sardinha et al., 2022). …”
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Intrahousehold empowerment gaps in agriculture and children's well-being in Bangladesh by Malapit, Hazel J., Sraboni, Esha, Quisumbing, Agnes R., Ahmed, Akhter

“…Fathers’ empowerment is positively associated with younger children's nutrition and schooling, while mothers’ empowerment is more important for girls’ education in general and in keeping older boys and girls in school.…”
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Micronutrient intake and prevalence of micronutrient inadequacy among women (15-49 y) and children (6-59 mo) in South Kivu and Kongo Central, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by Moumin, Najma A., Angel, Moira Donahue, Karakochuk, Crystal D., Michaux, Kristina D., Moursi, Mourad, Foley, Jennifer, Boy, Erick

“…Iron inadequacy was highest in infants (6–11 m) at 82% and 64% in South Kivu and Kongo Central, respectively. Among older children (12–59 m) in both provinces, the prevalence of iron inadequacy was similar at ~20%. …”
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Perspectives – Academic career in ecology: Effect of gender, caregiving labor, and the working environment by Lomáscolo, Silvia Beatriz, Sandoval Salinas, María Leonor, Novillo, Agustina, Fontanarrosa, Gabriela, Núñez Montellano, María Gabriela, Piquer-Rodríguez, María, Alvarez, Marisa, Aschero, Valeria, Chillo, María Verónica, Fanjul, María Elisa, Martínez Gálvez, Fernanda, Pero, Edgardo J.I., Rodríguez, Daniela, Schroeder, Natalia, Zarbá, Lucía

“…Women seem to start their careers younger than, but promote to higher categories older than men. …”
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Urban livestock production and gender in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Tegegne, Azage

“…Women are usually responsible for feeding large animals, cleaning the barns, milking dairy cattle, processing milk and marketing livestock products, but they receive assistance of men, female children and/or other relatives, younger children, especially girls between the ages of 7 and 15, are mostly responsible for managing calves, chickens and small ruminants and older boys are responsible for treating sick animals, constructing shelters, cutting grass and grazing of cattle and small ruminants. …”
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A 2-year integrated agriculture and nutrition and health behavior change communication program targeted to women in Burkina Faso reduces anemia, wasting, and diarrhea in children 3... by Olney, Deanna K., Pedehombga, A., Ruel, Marie T., Dillon, A.

“…Methods: We used a cluster-randomized controlled trial, with 55 villages randomly assigned to a control group (n = 25) or 1 of 2 treatment groups (n = 15 each), which differed by who delivered the BCC messages [older women leaders or health committee (HC) members]. …”
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Gendered barriers and opportunities in Kenya's informal dairy sector: enhancing gender-equity in urban markets by Galiè, Alessandra, Njiru, Nelly, Heckert, Jessica, Myers, Emily, Alonso, Silvia

“…The findings show that milk trading is more lucrative for older men than for women and younger men among the respondents. …”
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Work, education and out-migration among children and youth in upland Asia: changing patterns of labour and ecological knowledge in an era of globalisation by Punch, S., Sugden, Fraser

“…While selective in its extent, these changes have increased the labour burden of older household members and women, while the economic opportunities young people aspire to following schooling or migration frequently prove elusive in a competitive liberalised economy. …”
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Respondent fatigue reduces dietary diversity scores reported from mobile phone surveys in Ethiopia during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Abay, Kibrom A., Berhane, Guush, Hoddinott, John F., Tafere, Kibrom

“…Moving the food consumption module closer to the beginning of the interview increased the number of reported food groups consumed by older women, women with a below-median education level, and women in larger households. …”
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Changing farm sizes and farmers’ demographics in Ethiopia by Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane, Minten, Bart

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Availability of data on diets in South Asia: A data availability assessment for Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan by Scott, Samuel P., Neupane, Sumanta, Menon, Purnima, Kishore, Avinash, Krupnik, Timothy J.

“…KEY FINDINGS • Data on diets for older children and adolescents are captured less frequently than for younger children and women of reproductive age. • Data are mostly available on food group consumption and for infants and young children; data on consumption of unhealthy foods is poor. • Few surveys capture quantity of foods consumed; estimating nutrient intake from population-based surveys is therefore not possible. • Only Bangladesh currently has large-scale publicly available and repeated rounds of data on dietary intakes for multiple age groups. • Dietary data are essential to shape public policy on nutrition; financial and technical investments are needed to scale up data availability in South Asia.…”
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Who is more water insecure? Gendered evidence from urban Pakistan by Khalid, Sidra, Hafeez, Mohsin, Aqib, S.

“…For men, age and wealth levels emerged as significant factors impacting their water security, with older men more vulnerable to water insecurity than younger men and women. …”
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Assessing food security among young farmers in Africa: Evidence from Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda by Adeyanju, Dolapo, Mburu, John, Gituro, Wainaina, Chumo, Chepchumba, Mignouna, Djana B., Ogunniyi, Adebayo, Akomolafe, John Kehinde, Ejima, Joseph

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Qualitative gender analysis country report, Kenya: Building equitable climate resilient African bean and insect sectors by Oingo, Balentine, Ouya, Frederick, Wambua, Scholastica, Karanja, David, Lutomia, Cosmas, Ketema, Dessalegn, Nchanji, Eileen

“…Tasks are more equitably shared between older men and older women in the production of fruit trees, with older men focusing on initial farming activities and older women on management, value addition, and marketing. …”
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Module for measuring gender norms in agrifood systems: Adapted for focusing on youth and mechanization in Bangladesh by Heckert, Jessica, Mahzab, Moogdho, Quisumbing, Agnes R., Simi, Sonjida Mesket

“…In the modules that follow, the same questions are asked regarding young women and older/mature women. One option to consider that can help avoid respondent fatigue from repeating similar questions would be to randomly assign half of the sample questions about young women and the other half of the sample questions about older/mature women.…”
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Testing Nash-bargaining household models with time-series data by Hoddinott, John F., Adam, Christopher

“…Similar declines were not registered for younger, unmarried women or men in Ontario and British Columbia, nor for older, married women in Quebec, where the legal basis for divorce did not change. …”
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Nutrient-dense foods and diverse diets are important for ensuring adequate nutrition across the life course by Beal, Ty, Manohar, Swetha, Miachon, Lais, Fanzo, Jessica

“…Findings in this paper suggest that there are biological nutritional vulnerabilities stemming from high micronutrient needs per calorie in certain phases of the life cycle, particularly for infants and young children, women of reproductive age, pregnant and lactating women, and older adults, particularly older women. …”
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Social and gender determinants of risk of cryptosporidiosis, an emerging zoonosis, in Dagoretti, Nairobi, Kenya by Kimani, V.N., Mitoko, G., McDermott, B., Grace, Delia, Ambia, J., Kiragu, M.W., Njehu, A.N., Sinja, J., Monda, J.G., Kang'ethe, Erastus K.

“…Adult women had more daily contact with cattle faeces than adult men, and older women had more contact than older men. …”
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Citizen science informs demand-driven breeding of opportunity crops by Voss, Rachel C., De Sousa, Kaue, N'Danikou, Sognigbé, Shango, Abdul, Aglinglo, Lys Amavi, Laporte, Marie-Angelique, Legba, Eric C., Houdegbe, Aristide Carlos, Diarra, Danfing dit Youssouf, Dolo, Aminata, Sidibe, Amadou, Ouedraogo, Colette Ouidyam, Coulibaly, Harouna, Achigan-Dako, Enoch G., Kileo, Aishi, Malulu, Dickson, Matumbo, Zamira, Dinssa, Fekadu, van Heerwaarden, Joost, Van Etten, Jacob, Riar, Amritbir, van Zonneveld, Maarten

“…Distinct farmer segments (older women generalists, young women specialists, older men generalists, and young men specialists) preferred different varieties depending on gender and business orientation. …”
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