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Lessons towards rights-responsive REDD+ safeguards from a literature review by Lofts, K., Sarmiento Barletti, J.P., Larson, A.M.

“…It seeks to extract lessons for rights-responsive safeguards standards and guidelines to protect and support the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities, and the women within those groups. This work, carried out under CIFOR’s Global Comparative Study on REDD+, is part of a series on REDD+ safeguards, focusing on the rights and social inclusion concerns of the women and men of the Indigenous Peoples and local communities that steward the forests where climate solutions are implemented.…”
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A new approach for cost-benefit analysis of innovations to enhance smallholder farmers' resilience by Kramer, Berber, Timu, Anne G

“…In addition, CBAs are typically unable to quantify costs and benefits in terms of gender-related outcomes such as women’s empowerment, or time use for women and men. …”
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Youth engagement in sweetpotato production and agribusiness: the case of Northern Uganda by Mdege, N., Mayanja, S., Mudege, Netsayi N.

“…Additionally, 74 young women and 85 young men participated in 16 sex-disaggregated focus group discussions. …”
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Intrahousehold rights and decision-making regarding water in two counties in Kenya by Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh, Guettou Djurfeldt, Nadia, Zaremba, Haley Carter

“…The primary aim of this study is to explore what the local water sources are, how they are prioritized, how communities are coping with water scarcity, how water is locally governed and controlled, and how decision-making dynamics at the household as well as community levels impact the choice and use of improved and unimproved water sources, as well as the differentiated impacts these choices have on women and men. …”
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Gender differences in climate-smart adaptation practices amongst bean-producing farmers in Malawi: The case of Linthipe Extension Planning Area by Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh, Lutomia, Cosmas Kweyu

“…The scope of the study covered 246 households across 14 villages, focusing on how men, women, and youth adopt climate-smart agricultural (CSA) technologies. …”
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The gendered impacts of income fluctuations on household departure, labor supply, and human capital decisions: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan by Kosec, Katrina, Song, Jie, Zhao, Hongdi, Holtemeyer, Brian

“…Estimating a household fixed effects model, the study finds that reductions in income relative to the median spur departure from the household (for example, due to migration), with smaller impacts on women than men. …”
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Determinants of female time allocation in selected districts of rural Pakistan by Malik, Sohail, Nazli, Hina, Sultana, Nargis

“…In a male dominated society like Pakistan with strong cultural taboos, a woman's labour force participation can be expected to depend significantly on non-market factors. In this study we examine, in particular, whether women's decisions not to work outside the home are influenced more by social norms, for example purdah and patriarchy, or by economic constraints such as lack of relevant education and training, non-availability of job opportunities and low wages etc.…”
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A&T Ethiopia Maternal Nutrition Baseline Survey 2019: Health Facility by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The baseline survey included the following: 1) Pregnant women questionnaire, 2) Recently delivered women questionnaire, 3) Health Extension Worker (HEW) questionnaire, 4), Nurse-midwife questionnaire, and 5) Health facility observation checklist. …”
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Food avoidance taboos during breastfeeding are widespread and associated with large declines in maternal dietary diversity in Myanmar by Headey, Derek D., Tauseef, Salauddin, Linn, Khin Mar, Oo, Theingi, Nyi, Soe Nyi

“…Background Maternal food avoidance practices during pregnancy and breastfeeding have been documented in several Asian countries, but their prevalence and impacts on dietary diversity are not well quantified. Objectives This study: (1) assessed the prevalence of beliefs around maternal food avoidance during breastfeeding in Myanmar; (2) explored the correlates of women’s food avoidance beliefs as well as mother’s stated rationales for avoiding specific foods; and (3) assessed how minimum dietary diversity (MDD-W) of mothers changed from pregnancy to postpartum/breastfeeding. …”
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Cash plus programming and intimate partner violence: A qualitative evaluation of the benefits of group-based platforms for delivering activities in support of the Ethiopian governm... by Buller, Ana Maria, Pichon, Marjorie, Hidrobo, Melissa, Mulford, Michael, Amare, Tseday, Sintayehu, Wastina, Tadesse, Seifu, Ranganathan, Meghna

“…Participants: In total 115 men and women beneficiaries from the Strengthen PSNP4 Institutions and Resilience (SPIR) programme took part in the study. …”
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Bushmeat consumption in large urban centres in West Africa by Luiselli, L., Hema, E.M., Segniagbeto, G.H., Ouattara, V., Eniang, E.A., Parfait, G., Akani, G.C., Sirima, D., Fakae, B.B., Dendi, D., Fa, J.E.

“…Overall, we found similar patterns in all cities: 62.2% of men and 72.1% of women said they would never eat bushmeat, whereas 12.8% of men and 8.8% of women said they liked bushmeat and ate it regularly. …”
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Gender analysis of the effects of the operation and organization of AICCRA-ANCAR cooperatives on members by Mbow, Khalifa, Diallo, Abdoulaye Moussa, Sarr, Etienne Alouise, Worou, Nadine, Huyer, Sophia, Folorunso, Akinseye, |Wane, Abdrahmane, Thiaw, Moussa, Diedhiou, Lamine

“…Despite limited land access, women and young cooperative members experience increased incomes and improved economic and social situations through AICCRA-Senegal's provision of climate information and quality seeds. …”
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South Africa: Access to agricultural information by Kiplangat, Joseph

“…Joseph Kiplang´at reports on a study among rural women in the province of KwaZulu-Natal.…”
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The use of iron-fortified wheat flour to reduce anemia among the estate population in Sri Lanka by Nestel, Penelope, Nalubola, R., Sivakaneshan, R., Wickramasinghe, A. R., Atukorala, S., Wickramasinghe, T.

“…Twenty-nine percent of women had a low Hb at outset and there was no evidence that fortification had an effect on Hb in this group. …”
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Pay it forward: Impacts of a rural livelihoods program with built-in spillovers by Janzen, Sarah A., Magnan, Nicholas, Sharma, Sudhindra, Thompson, William M.

“…We evaluate 2.5-3.5 year impacts of a livelihoods program using an RCT in Nepal. The program targets women and employs self-help groups, livestock transfers, and trainings. …”
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Buyer-side gender discrimination in bargaining: Evidence from seed sales in Uganda by Van Campenhout, Bjorn, Nabwire, Leocardia

“…These results are particularly relevant for rural economies, where restrictive gender norms limit women’s financial autonomy. Given that small agribusinesses often provide one of the few viable income-generating opportunities for women, gender biases in market interactions can have substantial implications for economic empowerment and household welfare.…”
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Off-farm income and dietary diversity in subsistence farming in Burundi by Emera, Willy Désiré, Lachat, Carl, Umwungerimwiza, Yves Didier, Slosse, Wannes, D’Haese, Marijke

“…The impact of agricultural decisions on the dietary diversity of people living on subsistence farms is poorly documented. This study examines the relationship between diversity in agricultural production and diets in two provinces of northern Burundi. …”
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An evaluation of farmer field school induced changes in Ghanaian cocoa production by Gockowski, J., Asamoah, C., David, S., Gyamfi, I., Adu-Kumi, M.

“…To improve the impact for women more attention should be given to their specific needs. …”
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Agriculture in intergenerational relations: Ethnic Thai youth in northern Vietnam by Kawarazuka, Nozomi, Nguyen Thi Van Anh, Vu Xuan Thai

“…Findings show that young men and women access cash, goods and services from their kin in exchange for unpaid labor in farming and domestic work. …”
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Aspirations in rural Pakistan by Kosec, Katrina, Hausladen, Stephanie, Khan, Huma

“…A recent IFPRI report, “Aspirations in Rural Pakistan: An Empirical Analysis,” uses the 2012 Pakistan Rural Household Panel Survey (RHPS) data to study the aspirations of over 3,500 men and women in rural Pakistan. …”
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