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Exploring the opportunities and challenges of ICTs for women farmers in Kenya by Braimok, Tania

“…The study aimed on contributing to our understanding of how ICTs can be used as a tool for empowering women in agriculture and close decades of gender gaps. …”

The potential and limits of farmers’ groups as catalysts of women leaders by Nakazi, Florence, Aseete, Paul, Katungi, Enid M., Ugen, Michael Adrogu

“…The study horns in to analyze the potential group characteristics that can act as catalysts to the number of leadership positions that women occupy. …”
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Women in action: leadership and collective agency in commons governance by Kachhap, Apurwa, Ravani, Khanjan, Madappa, P.S., Misra, Deepannita, Morgan, Miranda

“…The session aims to bring out voices from the community-lived experiences and leadership journeys of women leaders through a qualitative study. Focusing on the dynamics between individual leadership and collective agency, this study explores the enabling and hindering factors to women’s leadership, motivations for rural Indian women to take up leadership roles and the role of leadership in enhancing the collective agency of women. …”
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The influence of women empowerment on child nutrition in rural Nigeria by Salawu, M. B., Rufai, A. M., Salman, Kabir K., Ogunniyi, Adebayo

“…Child malnutrition is persistent,despite several interventions which fail to capture the need to empower women to improve the menace. In this study, the influence of women empowerment on child nutrition in rural Nigeria was therefore examined. …”
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Nutrition outcomes in women and children in rural farming households by Geremew, Kumlachew, Madzivhandila, T., Sibanda, S., Majele, L., Mkhandawire, B., Gunaratna, N., Kinabo, J., Dessie, Tadelle

“…A cluster-randomized study design has evaluated the effect of the ATONU and ACGG interventions on the primary outcome of dietary diversity among women of reproductive age in smallholder poultry producing households. …”
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Women Empowerment and Children’s Dietary Diversity in Eastern Uganda by Shimali, Fred, Mangheni, Margaret Najjingo, Sanya, Losira Nasirumbi

“…This study investigated the link between women’s empowerment dimensions and dietary diversity for children in Eastern Uganda, emphasizing the role of empowering women in improving their children’s nutrition. …”
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Women’s empowerment, incomes and resilience in agri-food systems by Phillips, Lauren M., Anteneh, Zecharias, Cavatassi, Romina, Mabiso, Athur, Maggio, Giuseppe

“…Building on this classification, the study extrapolates the achieved results to the entire investment portfolio and simulates the potential outcomes if all projects were focused on women’s empowerment. …”
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Bangladeshi women’s experiences and vulnerabilities in Jordan’s garment sector by Nassif, Gabriella, Bhuiyan, Muhammad Mahbubul, Zahir, Md, Abdulrahim, Sawsan, Ringler, Claudia

“…The study identified networks of discipline and power, the perception of appropriate behavior at work and beyond and racialization as key areas that mediate vulnerabilities of women. …”
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Women Empowerment Status in the Coastal Fishing Communities of Bangladesh by Rahman, M. Wakilur, Haque, A.B.M., Zaman, Tasnuva, Nahiduzzaman, Md, Palash, Md Salauddin, Nazia, Tanzina

“…The article delves into the topic of women’s empowerment in these communities. The study employed a mixed method approach to collect data from ECOFISH II project intervention villages. …”
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Making Rural Services Work for the Poor and Women in Ethiopia by Mogues, Tewodaj, Petracco, Carly, Randriamamonjy, Josee

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Micronutrient intakes among women of reproductive age in Vietnam by Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Nguyen, Hieu, Gonzalez-Casanova, Ines, Copeland, Erika, Strizich, Garrett, Lowe, Alyssa E., Pham, Hoa, Truong, Truong, Nguyen, Son, Martorell, Reynaldo, Ramakrishnan, Usha

“…The objectives of this study were to identify the key local food sources providing the majority of micronutrients and assess the adequacy and determinants of micronutrient intakes. ### Methods The study used data from a survey of 4,983 rural women of reproductive age (WRA) participating in a preconception micronutrient supplementation trial in Vietnam. …”
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The importance of women’s status for child nutrition in developing countries by Smith, Lisa C., Ramakrishnan, Usha, Ndiaye, Aida, Haddad, Lawrence J., Martorell, Reynaldo

“…This study explores the relationship between women’s status and children’s nutrition in three developing regions: South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)." -- from text…”
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The importance of women’s status for child nutrition in developing countries by Smith, Lisa C., Ramakrishnan, Usha, Ndiaye, Aida, Haddad, Lawrence J., Martorell, Reynaldo

“…This study explores the relationship between women’s status and children’s nutrition in three developing regions: South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)." -- from text…”
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Strengthening women-led Turkey farming in West Bengal by Chadha, Deepali, Puskur, Ranjitha, Gaur, Pankaj, Mukhopadhyay, Prama

“…Over the years, CGIAR’s gender research has significantly contributed to understanding women’s roles, agency, and status within agri-food systems. …”
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The importance of women's status for child nutrition in developing countries by Smith, Lisa C., Ramakrishnan, Usha, Ndiaye, Aida, Haddad, Lawrence J., Martorell, Reynaldo

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The role of women in the conservation of the genetic resources of maize Guatemala by International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

“…Although women have been closely linked to the process of the domestication of plants, there is little documentation on the role they have played in the conservation of plant genetic resources. …”
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Uptake and use of gender research methodologies and tools from the project “GENNOVATE” by agriculture researchers worldwide by CGIAR Research Program on Wheat

Subjects: “…women…”
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Gender issues and irrigation management: First annual progress report for 1993/1994 by International Irrigation Management Institute

Subjects: “…women in development…”
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Genero y manejo del agua y tierra en communidades rurales de Mexico. In Spanish by Buechler, Stephanie J., Martelo, E.Z.

Subjects: “…women…”
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Women’s dietary diversity changes seasonally in Malawi and Zambia by Ahern, Molly B., Kennedy, Gina, Nico, Gianluigi, Diabre, Ousmane, Chimaliro, Frezar, Khonje, Grace, Chanda, Emmanuel

“…Trained enumerators collected data on a sample of 200 women using a qualitative 24-hour list-based recall of food items consumed, based on the ten food groups for Minimum Dietary Diversity of Women (MDD-W). …”
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