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Putting gender on the map: Methods for mapping gendered farm management systems in Sub-Saharan Africa by Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., van Koppen, Barbara, Behrman, Julia A., Karelina, Zhenya, Akamandisa, Vincent M., Hope, Lesley, Wielgosz, Ben

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Accra: women and children getting by in urban Accra

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Property rights, intersectionality, and women's empowerment in Nepal by Pradhan, Rajendra, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Theis, Sophie

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Increasing women's empowerment: Implications for family welfare by Ambler, Kate, Jones, Kelly M., O'Sullivan, Michael

“…We use these interventions to test the widely held (but weakly supported) assumption that empowering women generates improvements in child welfare. We find that, contrary to studies examining extra-household transfers, these interventions do not shift food security, health, or educational outcomes. …”
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Women: still the key to food and nutrition security by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The 1995 Beijing Platform for Action set goals for empowering women in developing nations. Over the five years since the Beijing +5 review assessed progress toward these goals, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has generated new studies reaffirming that empowering women is the key to ensuring food and nutrition security in the developing world. …”
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Women’s empowerment and the will to change: evidence from Nepal by Buisson, Marie-Charlotte, Clement, Floriane, Leder, S.

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The status of women’s empowerment in the aquaculture sector in Kenya by Adam, Rahma, Subian, Farha, Njogu, Lucy

“…The purpose of this study is to attempt to understand the status of women’s empowerment and the key contributors to their disempowerment in Kenya’s aquaculture sector. …”
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Innovation bundles dashboard for resilience and women empowerment by Puskur, Ranjitha, Nchanji, Eileen, Cosmas, Lutomia, Ketema, Dessalegn, Muteti, Thomas, Gartaula, Hom, Mukhopadhyay, Prama, Mapedza, Everisto D., Chadha, Deepali

“…Socio-technical innovation bundles dashboard designed to inform research on women empowerment and resilience. We have co-developed and co-designed a dashboard with an interactive map that dynamically displays the global distribution of socio-economic datasets, data, and tools that facilitate bundling in different local, regional, and thematic contexts. …”
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Power with: conceptualizing and measuring women’s collective agency by Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., ElDidi, Hagar, Pereira, Audrey, Heckert, Jessica, Kosec, Katrina, Nchanji, Eileen, Seymour, Greg, Doss, Cheryl

“…With examples of how key concepts related to collective agency have been operationalized, the conceptual framework offers guidance for moving beyond simplistic notions that forming groups automatically empowers women. It provides a way to study how different types of groups effectively help women achieve individual and collective goals. …”
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Is women’s empowerment bearing fruit? Mapping women’s empowerment in agriculture index (WEAI) results using 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.

“…We conduct a synthetic review of the literature examining relationships between domains of women’s empowerment and food system outcomes. Many studies report significant positive associations between women’s empowerment and intrahousehold gender equality with child dietary and nutrition outcomes, household food security, and agricultural production, but which aspect of empowerment matters for a particular outcome varies across contexts. …”
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Participation of women and men in rice production in Ecuador by CGIAR Research Program on Rice

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Heifer’s intervention for empowering women to transform communities by Sreshtha, Sunmina

“…This study measures the outcomes of Heifer’s intervention in women’s empowerment to improve livelihoods through strengthening of the social capital, improved access to services, finance and income. …”
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How livestock can empower women farmers by ICARDA, Communication Team

“…The study follows a gender empowerment framework that analyzes the recognition of women as livestock keepers, their access to resources and opportunities, and their ability to make decisions. …”
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Women Scientists and Managers in Agricultural Research in the Philippines by Brush, Edwin G., Merrill-Sands, Deborah, Gapasin, Dely P., Mabesa, Virginia L.

“…This case study investigates the entry, retention, and achievement of women in agricultural science in the Philippines. …”
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Does access to microfinance matter for rural women? by Neupane, Hari Sharma, Paudel, Krishna Prasad

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Women’s Solutions for Amazon Conservation and Sustainable Development by Center for International Forestry Research

“…The Women’s Solutions for Amazon Conservation and Sustainable Development study is an initiative by the Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program (ASL) which seeks to develop a strategy…”
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Women at the Helm: Navigating the Digital Landscape of Agriculture by Dominic, D.M., Bhuvana, N., Mittal, N., Sulaiman, R.V., Puskur, Ranjitha

“…The study identified two types of enterprises led by women in the digital ecosystem: digitech enterprises, often founded by women with a background in technology, and digitally enabled enterprises, leveraging various digital technologies to promote their businesses. …”
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Rwanda's gendered agricultural transformation: A mixed-method study on the rural labour market, wage gap and care penalty by Bigler, Christine, Amacker, Michèle, Ingabire, Chantal, Birachi, Eliud Abucheli

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Investment in women and its implications for lifetime incomes by Quisumbing, Agnes R., Estudillo, Jonna P., Otsuka, Keijiro

“…This study examines the implications of gender differences in wealth transfers—farmland and education—on the lifetime incomes of men and women in the rural areas of Ghana, the Philippines, and Sumatra. …”
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Reaching for the Top: Advancing Women in Agriculture Research by Huyer, Sophia, Chanana, Nitya

“…This InfoNote expands on the AICCRA case study on promoting women’s entry and advancement in agriculture and climate research, in terms of strategies to support women’s positive career experience and progression in AICCRA. …”
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